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ErikJ

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7. Actually he was quite ill

Reply to yardwork (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 11:23 PM

Dec 2012

I heard how his mother told a friend at a bar that she thought she was losing him a couple months before the shooting. WHy she persisted to keep an arsenal in the home is what Id like to know. THis friend of mine apparently thinks he should have been institituionalized.

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Friend in CT who worked in mental health [View all] ErikJ Dec 2012 OP

What exactly are you wishing to express here? Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #1

The RW talking point about how it's the mentally ill who are the problem and not the irresponsible kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #2

Perspective of an ex-mental health worker in CT ErikJ Dec 2012 #3

That doesn't appear to be relevant to this case, however. yardwork Dec 2012 #4

Actually he was quite ill ErikJ Dec 2012 #7

"I heard how his mother told a friend at a bar that she thought...." yardwork Dec 2012 #8

institutions suck. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #5

Geez...mental health miniscule budgets promote gun violence? Newsflash. libdem4life Dec 2012 #6

Most of the violent people we get with mental health issues rustydog Dec 2012 #9