People who are serious about preventing the next Newtown should embrace much greater funding for mental health, strong laws for civil commitment of the violently mentally ill and stop kidding themselves that pretend gun-free zones will stop killers.

WSJ: David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

Opponents of an assault weapons ban also call for strengthening of voluntary civil commitment laws and more robust treatment and therapies for the mentally ill.

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