VTech Blame

The gunman blamed for the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history had previously been accused of stalking two female students and had been taken to a mental health facility in 2005 after his parents worried he might be suicidal, police said Wednesday.

Cho Seung-Hui had concerned one woman enough with his calls and e-mail in 2005 that police were called in, said Police Chief Wendell Flinchum.

He said the woman declined to press charges and Cho was referred to the university disciplinary system. During one of those incidents, both in late 2005, the department received a call from Cho's parents who were concerned that he might be suicidal, and he was taken to a mental health facility, he said.

If blame belongs anywhere, it may be most appropriate to lay it at the feet of our mental health professionals and the insurance companies who refuse to cover treatment for people experiencing problems.

1. There are many incompetant mental health professionals and negligently run mental health hospitals and facilities out there.

2.  Insurance companies don't give a rat's ass about the patient and mental health care is hideously expensive. Mental health facilities don't give a darn either.  They won't argue or advocate for patients.  Families are left to their own devices to cope. 

Being from Korea and English not their native tongue, I am sure Cho's family didn't know what to do with him and had no clue how to navigate the system.

He should have been hospitalized until someone was able to get inside his brain and could tell what was going on.