Quote Originally Posted by MillieH View Post
I saw a beautiful story on how a bookkeeper talked an armed man into laying his gun down.. certainly not relevant to this topic at all and not comparable... it just shows that we all have something that surfaces under crisis..

I don't think I can post the link so here is the title if you want to google it...... Georgia elementary school bookkeeper credited with calming armed suspect


This is an awesome story! and extremely unlikely to be the outcome. FBI have commented on her abilities in this situation and have said that they train people for years and they are not as good as she was naturally - one wrong word and things could have ended differently. She is truly a hero!
The man had a history of arrests and mental illness and without support will offend again and hopefully someone will be there to stop him again - this is where we (society) fail those individuals with mental illness - there is no monitoring or mandatory support - he will re-offend, its just a matter of time -