Okay, I'll explain. Many members of our military have already been deployed. Many of them have PTSD, not just from deployments, and many of them do not get (or don't pursue) the psychological care they need.
I have dated one member of the military with PTSD. He once punched me in the face for touching him in his sleep. He can't sleep (nor feel comfortable in general) without something pressed tightly against his abdomen. Yet he won't pursue psychological treatment for his condition, because there are many people "worse" than him. I'm interested to find out whether this shooter (or shooters) were in the category he would consider "worse" than him in terms of PTSD, or perhaps this was a calculated assault on comrades for reasons unknown.
What I do know is that background checks keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill for a reason. Perhaps this was a case in which that "check' failed, and it's potentially due to the military's approach toward PTSD and mental illness in general.
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Originally Posted by MSD
If nothing else, friends in the Army have told me that PTSD screening and psych evaluations after tours of duty are a joke. With active duty and veteran suicide rates up, it's not all that surprising that other forms of untreated or improperly treated mental illness would also rise.
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You said it much better and more succinctly than me, MSD. Thanks.