@ gr3atfull: While I can somewhat agree with your second point your third point seems to be very much wishful thinking. The authorities can't go around locking up every deeply disturbed person just because they might decide to buy a gun and kill some people. Yes it's a possiblity but for every person that snaps and does something like VTech there are lots more who are just as disturbed but don't end up killing anyone. Treatment would be good, but do they deserve to have some of their rights forcibly taken away?