Report about institutionalizing Parkland shooter before school massacre further undercuts gun control argument

Only days before thousands are expected to descend upon Washington for the anti-gun “March for our Lives” on March 24, a new report revealed that officials and school counselors were so concerned about the Parkland, Fla., shooter’s mental stability that they decided that he should be committed to a mental institution.

However, as with so many other things connected to this case, officials and authorities failed to follow through on the recommendation to take seriously the evident dangerous instability of the shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. Cruz shot and killed 17 people and wounded 17 others at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in February.