Re: The freakin FBI knew about the shooter and his

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We used to have these things called Lunatic Asylums

Feb 15, 2018, 8:20 AM [ in reply to Re: Slow clap for... ]

Every state had one. They were state funded and housed people with serious mental conditions. They served the purpose of keeping citizens safe from mentally ill people and also served to house, clothe, and shelter mentally ill people.

Around the time of the passage of the Federal Income tax with the 16th Amendment, states slowly phased out the insane asylums because they couldn't afford them. The one in Columbia died over the 20th century and no longer functions and houses a baseball park. All part of that push in the early 1900's to become a federal democracy over a democratic republic.

But with the closure of state "Lunatic Asylums" those people, while not receiving the best care at the facilities, were at least cared for. Today a large portion of the homeless population that exist in urban areas would have once been housed in lunatic asylums, where they would have been better off than on the streets. Also, many of the same people who commit horrific crimes now because of mental illness would have been safely cared for in these institutions.

Today mental illness is largely ignored, at least until someone becomes an obvious danger to themselves or others. And even then, they're rarely treated. Many become homeless and wander the streets for decades. Some people see the way mental illness today is treated as a success. For some it may be. But for many who would never recover to a functional level, they're ignored and that is sad.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/the-fbi-was-warned-about-a-school-shooting-threat-from?utm_term=.tnj6EY0nA#.xvEJ4N7EK

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Probably the one that would garner the most attention was his threat online to kill law enforcement. Sure, that warrants being on their radar.

Would a judge grant a warrant for the FBI to go into his home based on those comments? I'm doubtful. Could the FBI go knock on his door and have a talk? Absolutely, but who knows if that would have led to anything. Sure, it's a good idea. Go check out a guy who is threatening to kill cops. But again, we're going to stretch our law enforcement very thin doing it.

Again, I go back to whether or not a judge would grant a warrant. Maybe, but I doubt it.

Either way, blaming this on the FBI is a cheap way out of a bigger problem. And to reference the Russia investigation in conjunction with it is just plain despicable.

The freakin FBI knew about the shooter and his