dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-squaremessage-square233linkfedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down121
arrow-up1304arrow-down1message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square233linkfedilink
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoOh 100%, but I’m responding to someone who cited “the closure of public mental health institutions” as a reason for increased mass shootings, which I vehemently disagree with
minus-squareDoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI mean, there’s other kinds of public mental health institutions than full inpatient. Why not have, say, a location with publicly-reimbursed psychiatrists and psychologists, where a person goes for an appointment?
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoThat exists already here in Texas in our Mental Health Authority system, and if it exists in Texas I imagine it exists in other states
Oh 100%, but I’m responding to someone who cited “the closure of public mental health institutions” as a reason for increased mass shootings, which I vehemently disagree with
I mean, there’s other kinds of public mental health institutions than full inpatient.
Why not have, say, a location with publicly-reimbursed psychiatrists and psychologists, where a person goes for an appointment?
That exists already here in Texas in our Mental Health Authority system, and if it exists in Texas I imagine it exists in other states