Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

Mental health: global problem. Mass shootings: American problem. Discuss.

Globally, countries almost all have universal healthcare. US not only doesn’t have universal healthcare, but our nation’s mental-health infrastructure was entirely defunded by Reagan in 1984. We now treat about 5% of the number of mentally ill than we did then. #discuss

That’s true to some extent. But the science has come a long way in the last 34 years, too. And the fact remains that we have legions of untreated mentally ill people here. And very likely we can impact gun deaths to a far greater extent through healthcare laws than gun laws here

Healthcare will actually reduce mass shootings, suicides, *and* save thousands of lives directly. And with how DC works, they’re unlikely to do either one as it is, much less both. But let’s push for the one that will actually help the most folks, and will actually work.

My dude, if you're aiming solely for the minimum you think you can achieve, I'm sad for you. Pragmatism is all very well, but this sort of cavilling is a form of denial: you have two problems and need to address both.