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DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Near the end of her short life, Shayla Stewart, a diagnosed manic-depressive and schizophrenic, assaulted police officers and was arrested for attacking a fellow customer at a Denton Wal-Mart where she had a prescription for anti-psychotic medication.
Given all those signs, her parents say, another Wal-Mart just seven miles away should have never sold her the shotgun she used to kill herself at age 24 in 2003
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So are all Wal-Mart stores supposed to send 'Do not sell to this boy/girl' signs to every other Wal-Mart store everytime some incident happens? I remember when I was little I (disobeying a direct 'Don't touch anything!' order) totally wrecked a huge glass display at Wal-Mart in Westbrook. Maybe I should waltz into Wal-Mart today and crash into something, hurt myself and sue on the basis that 'Wal-Mart should've known i'd be prown to accidents.'
The justice system is supposed to be in place to prosecute and punish those that break the law. It's not designed to run a babysitting service for people that need a flashing neon sign to tell them that coffee is hot. Or people that need some guy to brief them on the implications of eating at McDonalds before they eat, sit and watch them eat, and then debrief them on the consequences of what they just did. Or parents that rely on employees getting 6 bucks an hour at Wal-Mart to spot signs of suicidle behavior in their daughter.
But, as I said before, our justice system allows for this kind of garbage to go through the courts and sometimes win. So why not give it a try?