Absolutely not. I'm... not even really sure how you could derive an intention to shoot all the crazies from that sentence. I'm am a Gun Lover, and Advocate of the right to bear / own arms, but I'm not a frothing NRA Nut. I don't think we should shoot them. I don't think we should shoot a lot of people.
Let's break the line down:
Is it tragic?
It's tragic that her life was taken. It's Tragic that someone died. It's tragic that according to media reports today, she had become delusional. It's tragic that this woman's mind had deteriorated to this point. It's tragic that she was able to get in a car, with her 1 year old child, and attempt to do... whatever it was that she was going to do. She believed that the government was doing bad things to her. That's tragic too.
It's tragic that she was gunned down. It's tragic that she never had the chance to truly get the help that she needed.
2.) Is she a victim?
She is a victim of a HORRIBLE standard of Mental Health Care provided in this country. Don't take what I'm about to say the wrong way. The severely mentally ill people in this country are really receiving substandard care in every way, unless they can afford to pay for private practicing medical professionals. My wife worked 8 years at a Mental Health Center. I've seen, and debated, the level of care that some of them were receiving. It's abysmal.
She is also a victim, of the popular demands of the country. It's tragic that she was shot, and that her life was taken. But, we as a society, as citizens of the United States, really have no one to blame for that except ourselves. We wanted a "safer" country, where 9/11 type mass terror doesn't happen. In the process, some pretty fucking tragic things are going to happen in situations that they shouldn't have happened in. This is what we DEMANDED when we told the government we wanted a safer country.
When you train your protective force to treat everything as though it is a terrorist type situation (which is the deal in a place like D.C.), you are going to end up with a protective force that? Treats everything like a terrorist situation.
3.) Is She innocent?
Mentally Ill, or Not, she is guilty of multiple criminal offenses. Inciting Panic, Fleeing and Eluding, Assaulting a Police Officer, Hit/Skip, and if they wanted to get really serious, Attempted Unlawful Entry into a Protected Zone. Yes, that's a real charge in DC. It was a charge that a drunk Marine I know was charged with for trying to scale a fence to Piss on a government building.
Mental Illness, is a defense in this case. And as such, I don't think that (if she would have been able to go to trial), she should have been incarcerated in a prison, and left to rot. Just going off the few more in depth articles I found today, she needed In Patient Care, to at least get a handle on, and begin to manage a very tough Mental Health Diagnosis. Prescription Drugs used to treat Schizophrenia aren't handed out for "lesser" illnesses. For a comparison, you wouldn't give someone with the Flu Chemotherapy. Similar thing here. You wouldn't give someone with ADHD these meds. MAYBE BiPolar disorder. MAYBE. But then, most BiPolar Disorder sufferers, don't get manic to a point where you would go on this type of "thing".
Let's break the line down:
Is it tragic?
It's tragic that her life was taken. It's Tragic that someone died. It's tragic that according to media reports today, she had become delusional. It's tragic that this woman's mind had deteriorated to this point. It's tragic that she was able to get in a car, with her 1 year old child, and attempt to do... whatever it was that she was going to do. She believed that the government was doing bad things to her. That's tragic too.
It's tragic that she was gunned down. It's tragic that she never had the chance to truly get the help that she needed.
2.) Is she a victim?
She is a victim of a HORRIBLE standard of Mental Health Care provided in this country. Don't take what I'm about to say the wrong way. The severely mentally ill people in this country are really receiving substandard care in every way, unless they can afford to pay for private practicing medical professionals. My wife worked 8 years at a Mental Health Center. I've seen, and debated, the level of care that some of them were receiving. It's abysmal.
She is also a victim, of the popular demands of the country. It's tragic that she was shot, and that her life was taken. But, we as a society, as citizens of the United States, really have no one to blame for that except ourselves. We wanted a "safer" country, where 9/11 type mass terror doesn't happen. In the process, some pretty fucking tragic things are going to happen in situations that they shouldn't have happened in. This is what we DEMANDED when we told the government we wanted a safer country.
When you train your protective force to treat everything as though it is a terrorist type situation (which is the deal in a place like D.C.), you are going to end up with a protective force that? Treats everything like a terrorist situation.
3.) Is She innocent?
Mentally Ill, or Not, she is guilty of multiple criminal offenses. Inciting Panic, Fleeing and Eluding, Assaulting a Police Officer, Hit/Skip, and if they wanted to get really serious, Attempted Unlawful Entry into a Protected Zone. Yes, that's a real charge in DC. It was a charge that a drunk Marine I know was charged with for trying to scale a fence to Piss on a government building.
Mental Illness, is a defense in this case. And as such, I don't think that (if she would have been able to go to trial), she should have been incarcerated in a prison, and left to rot. Just going off the few more in depth articles I found today, she needed In Patient Care, to at least get a handle on, and begin to manage a very tough Mental Health Diagnosis. Prescription Drugs used to treat Schizophrenia aren't handed out for "lesser" illnesses. For a comparison, you wouldn't give someone with the Flu Chemotherapy. Similar thing here. You wouldn't give someone with ADHD these meds. MAYBE BiPolar disorder. MAYBE. But then, most BiPolar Disorder sufferers, don't get manic to a point where you would go on this type of "thing".
nobody ever slaughtered an entire school with a smart phone and a twitter account – they have, however, toppled governments. - Jim Wright