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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
There was one and only one failure in the system which caused the Tuscon incident - his parents. They absolutely knew their son had mental health issues and they did not address those issues. They stuck their head in the sand and allowed their son to kill those people. I'm sure they feel tremendous guilt over that fact, in retrospect. The only lesson to be learned here is that you have a responsibility to society to steward your loved ones who are mentally ill, even if it is uncomfortable or embarrassing.
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With all due respect, Loughner's mental health issues were mainly (if not entirely) late onset in his late teen years. This would mean that his parents aren't the only ones who could have (or maybe should have) addressed the issue. He probably spent more of his waking time around teachers and friends. And what about health professionals? What about Loughner himself?
It's easy to pin blame. The difficult thing is to learn from the incident instead and to think how many can play some part in preventing such things.
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So, to recap:
Where do criminals get guns?
Wherever they can.
How can we stop them?
We can't.
Does this just about sum it up?