Yardy wrote: The brits will miss the reasoned debate where the mentally ill are distinguished from law abiding citizens and classed with criminals, drug dealers and gangbangers.
The government in the UK did away with homes for the mentally disturbed and instituted what is labelled "care in the community".
Now none of us know who may be disturbed enough to become violent.
For all we know, our parliamentarians may all have come from former mental institutions! Their behaviour certainly points that way.