Congresswoman shot in Arizona

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Originally Posted by derf

In the Ft Hood case the guy was a military officer and he SHOULD be above reproach. If someone had a serious question about his mental abilities and current state yes, he should have been looked at. It's called a health and welfare inspection, and it can be used anytime by the command to look at a person.

Loughtner guy is a private citizen, yes if he slipped through the cracks there really is nothing anyone could have done

I suppose that this sort of thing pretty much has to happen before a private citizen can get tossed in the quilted closet, if they don't remand voluntarily. We just had a homeless guy steal a snow plow in Toronto, then go on a rampage smashing up vehicles, before they finally caught him. He killed a cop who was trying to stop him, along the way.