| brien,
Naturally, I agree with your counterpoint to my statement. There are cases where one has the freedom to do something, but isn't free from consequences.
But the example you give of the psychotic person having an episode and killing people is one of the unfortunate slipped-through-the-cracks incidents that occurred in Virginia.
How do you assess if a person is still mentally unstable... or if they have been cured?
You really can't. So do you restrict the rights of everyone with that history in the hopes of eliminating the dangerous ones while infringing the ones who are safe? Or do you risk the danger of the truly unstable so that those who have recovered can enjoy full freedoms as an American citizen? |