Loughner’s parents tried desperately to do something about their son's strange beaviour before his killing spree

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"Arizona has one of the least restrictive laws when it comes to detaining apparently mentally ill people against their will. Under the state's broad involuntary-commitment statute, the government can mandate in-patient treatment for anyone determined to be "persistently or acutely disabled." That could include a broad range of seemingly troubled individuals. By comparison, many other states limit involuntary commitment only to people shown to be a danger to themselves or others, or who are found to be completely unable to take care of themselves."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/1...JQ20110113

[$tevie]

I have a far bigger problem with the concept of being able to lock up anybody that society finds peculiar than I do with having super strict laws regulating guns. This "mental health" mantra sounds great but face it folks, the only way that would really work is if we all become psychic. Or start slapping everyone in the funny farm who ever sounds enraged about anything.