I assumed Sean's post to be saying that America's gun laws ought to
change by being repealed. But maybe not?

Virginia Tech being a state school makes things a little more
complicated, but I would point out the argument that, absent the right
to discriminate against anyone based on any criteria, the safety of
others can more easily be threatened. E.g. the killer was a
psychiatric patient, and perhaps the school were unable to expel him
for his documented bad behaviour without fear of legal action against
them for "anti-mental-patient-discrimination," etc etc. This seems to
be another side to the psychiatric story.

Still, good to see Szasz has not been forgotten, right...?!

Ted.

> sean fleming wrote:
>
> > Surely the real issue here is not 'mental health' but the need to
> > change America's gun laws.
>
> Are you proposing to outlaw them? Automobiles kill more people than
> guns, should we outlaw those too?
>
> Mira
>