Central Maine Medical Center said staff were “reacting to a mass casualty, mass shooter event” and were coordinating with area hospitals to take in patients.
Japan and South Korea, for instances, are certainly not known for their great mental health. Guess what they don't have? No constant mass shootings, no trucks being used to mow people down, no constant fertilizer bombs.
Considering the same group of people who fights gun control legislation tooth and nail is also very much responsible for the lack of mental health services (and general sorry state of health care) in our country, it sounds to me like you don't really want to solve the gun problem nor the mental health problem you predictably deflect to.
And yes, I'm assuming you are a Republican. If you aren't, try not acting like one and folks won't make that mistake.
R won't support restrictions on gun ownership because they say the problem is mental health, but they won't support spending on mental health either. (Most likely because they seem to oppose anything that would actually help people who suffer.)
Reagan undercuts funding on mental health, resulting in the closure of mental health institutions nationwide:
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For mental health? Most of them are not much better. Try again.
Would you like to elaborate or you just gonna pull that out of your ass and not even have the decency to clean it off before handing it to me?
Japan and South Korea, for instances, are certainly not known for their great mental health. Guess what they don't have? No constant mass shootings, no trucks being used to mow people down, no constant fertilizer bombs.
Considering the same group of people who fights gun control legislation tooth and nail is also very much responsible for the lack of mental health services (and general sorry state of health care) in our country, it sounds to me like you don't really want to solve the gun problem nor the mental health problem you predictably deflect to.
And yes, I'm assuming you are a Republican. If you aren't, try not acting like one and folks won't make that mistake.
R won't support restrictions on gun ownership because they say the problem is mental health, but they won't support spending on mental health either. (Most likely because they seem to oppose anything that would actually help people who suffer.)
Reagan undercuts funding on mental health, resulting in the closure of mental health institutions nationwide:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of_1980
https://sociology.org/content/vol003.004/thomas.html
This last one is a ddg search - you can just pick which article you want to read about Republicans voting against mental health funding.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=republicans+vote+against+mental+health+funding