I find it amusing that people generally agree that the state of mental care is poor in the US. It's like yeah, let's continue to flood the populace that's apparently plagued with mental issues with more deadly weaponry.
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I think its the amount of public awareness of poor mental care is pretty misleading.
Yeah everyone is going to be like "Well of course he did it, he was not right in the head." but apart from that, nothing more will be done about it.
Being aware of the lack of attention given to those with mental health problems is one thing. Actually doing something about it is something else entirely. When it comes to these sorts of situations, people tend to avoid approaching complicated human emotions and focus most on inanimate objects or ideals. Yes, these things are related wit one another in these situations but everyone just wants to get tunnel vision on just one aspect.
I find it ironic how people will go for the "easiest target" in terms of aspects to these situations. Its easy enough to just point the finger at one thing and call it a day. Kinda like how these crazed killers will go after easy targets like schools.