Is Obama Willfully Ignoring the Obvious About Mass Shootings?

By law, a person suffering from a severe mental illness (I'm talking about an adult) and demonstrating extremely bizarre behavior cannot be forcibly hospitalized or institutionalized unless he or she has become a threat to themselves or to others.  Hospitalization can be ordered by a court, but only if the person breaks the law.  By law,  a severely mentally ill person can't be forced to take their medication, even if the medication helps stabilize them.  By law, they don't have to go to therapy.  By law, even when hospitalized, they have a right to sign themselves out after three to five day days.  By law, a severely mentally ill person can choose to not receive psychiatriac or

psychological treatment.  In short, the law gives persons with severe mental illness the right to make decisions that can have tremendous consequences, even tragic ones.  And believe it or not, I understand why.  It wasn't very long ago when the mentally ill had no rights when it came to their medical care, and consequently, many suffered horrible conditions and treatment in institutions.