Jared Loughner: Mental Illness and Gun Control Laws - Democracy NOW!
Democracy NOW! DN! - While federal investigators and the news media try to uncover the motivation behind Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, the picture emerging of the accused gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, is of a severely disturbed 22-year-old. Loughner's apparent mental health problems have shone a spotlight on issues surrounding mental health treatment in Arizona, which made drastic budget cuts to behavioral health services in 2010. We speak with H. Clarke Romans of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Southern Arizona. Jared Lee Loughner's first court appearance on Monday happened to coincide with the opening of the new session of the Arizona State legislature. Among the proposals up for debate in the new legislative session are two measures to loosen Arizona's already lax gun laws. We speak with Dr. Matt Heinz, a Tucson-based doctor and a member of the Arizona House of Representatives.Published with written permission from democracynow.org. www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW creative commons license by a volunteer. Copyright for this news broadcast belongs to democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.
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