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On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Most importantly, we used to confine the dangerously mentally ill when we identified them in mental hospitals where we could treat them and prevent them from harming others.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock discusses the historical confinement of mentally ill individuals to prevent violence.

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