I do not understand why a rich nation like the United States cannot do something about the terrible, ongoing violence that we have been and are having. One of my worst memories as a Stanford medical student was having to care for a boy in the ER at the big county hospital. He had been shot by a playmate. The resident and two of us who were medical students did everything we could to save the child's life, but he died. I will never forget that day. Why any parent would buy a gun for an 18 year old, as just happened, is beyond my understanding. I think we must hold parents like that responsible. The Buffalo shooter also had 2 other guns. It was reported that the school recognized the youth has major problems and did some kind of an examination. In my experience with school administrators they do not like to spend the money to have full examinations done by a qualified psychologist. I have fought with several of these individuals and usually had to find the money to pay for an examination with grant money.
One teacher told me her principal said she could just refer three troubled students a year, for examinations. That is hard to believe.
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