[dillywho]

Instead of obsessing on not having legally owned weapons in a home so that a mentally ill family member might get his/her hands on said weapons, my question is: "WHY are they not getting help for those family members who are ill?" Would they not seek help if that person contracted any other disease like measles, whooping cough, flu, cancer, etc.? Mental illness is a disease, not something to be hidden or denied. It is not a shame to be mentally ill; to not be treated for it is. If anyone knows something is wrong and makes no effort to address the problem, then they are the ones at fault......not the mentally ill person.