Mr. Benjamin fails to notice that the mentally ill who commit homicides usually have always received help in the form of “psychiatric treatment” BEFORE commiting multiple homicides. It’s almost as if “help” in the form of psychiatric treatment is a predisposing factor to these homicides.

John Holmes was apparently receiving psychiatric treatment from a University of Colorado psychiatrist named Dr. Lynne Fenton. Apparently the patient outcome from such treatment was 12 homicides.

Doctor/patient confidentiality laws are being used to protect psychiatrists like Dr. Fenton from the public finding out the nature of the treatment administered, if blackbox warning antidepressants or antipsychotics were administered, how much prescribed and if multiple drugs in either category and for how long.

What this usually leads to is that psychiatric treatment actually seems to increase the chances a mentally unstable person will more likely commit multiple homicides and then suicide.

It would seem psychiatric treatment puts the general public much more at risk for such episodes occurring, not less.

So when the finance industry was engaging in practices harmful to the public, financial industry reform was instituted. Same with the banking industry.

If Mr. Benjamin really wanted to make it safer for people to go to the movies, or safer for students to attend a university or safer for tourists to walk in Times Square, he would call for thorough investigation and reform of the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industries.