With Cho Seung-Hui having displayed his criminally insane mind in a spectacular killing spree at Virginia Tech, we must ask a sobering question.

Was it wise to shut down so many large mental hospitals in an exchange for housing mental patients in houses in residential areas?

This practice started under Ronald Reagan's Republican Administration.  The popular Reagan mantra then was, "Get the government off people's backs!"

The parents of Cho Seung-Hui knew their son was judged mentally ill after his court trial involving his stalking of two girls.  The judge did not commit Cho Seung-Hui to a mental facility, but simply recommended that he could be an outpatient.