MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY IN SOCIETY BUT REPUBLICANS ARE DANCING AROUND THE REAL PROBLEM, "ASSAULT WEAPONS". A VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE "PRO" '2ND AMENDMENT', BUT NOT FOR..."IRRESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP"; "STOP THE BULLSHIT " A PERSON CAN RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BUT IT STILL DOESN'T STOP HIM FROM GETTING GUNS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE HARDLY NO GUN LAWS. IT'S A FACT THAT WHEN ASSAULT BANS WERE ENFORCED SHOOTINGS WENT DOWN. IN 2004 BAN EXPIRED (NOT RENEWED), STEEP RISE IN MASS SHOOTINGS SINCE AND GUN LAWS HAVE ALMOST DIMINISHED IN SOME STATES.