One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Rampant in the news over the past several years are reports about gun violence and mass shootings across this country. This of course is a huge tragedy. Unfortunately, mental illness is making the headlines too. When a person commits a crime, there is almost always a mental health background check. There isn’t a heart background check. Or a lung background check. There isn’t even a brain background check. People are just ill-informed. Even at the highest levels. The focus on