In 1957 there were over 500,000 institutionalized in State Mental Institutions and we had reasonable involuntary commitment laws. No modern "gun control" laws, you could buy your M1 Carbine through the mail along with all the 30 round magazines you wanted- yet mass random shootings were NOT a national issue! Was 1957 America a police state? Doctors and judges made the decision who to keep institutionalized, and they could not get out until they were no longer a threat to self or public. You still had the rights to a lawyer and judge to prove your sanity and get out if there was no basis for the decision. Most of these spree shooters would have been involuntarily committed before hurting anyone.
-CHANGE involuntary commitment laws
-FUND State Mental Institutions
-BAN "gun free" victim zones
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