Mental Health - Mass Shootings Root Problem?

Yesterday, after Trump talked to the NRA, he once again did a flip-flop on background checks being expanded to fall back on the favorite reason the NRA uses to pin blame on "Mental Health".

“It’s really just scapegoating people with mental health issues,” says Dr. Seth Trueger, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University. And while rates of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior are on the rise in the U.S., Trueger says other nations have similar problems and experience far fewer mass shootings. “Other countries have the same kind of mental health issues we have, the same kind of violent video games we have, the same religiosity that we have. All that stuff is just a distraction” from the need for better gun control, he says.


That position is hardly new. Studies show that a relatively small percentage of violent crimes are perpetuated by people with diagnosed mental health issues, and that gun access—not mental health symptoms—is the primary predictor of firearm violence. As a result, an increasingly large and vocal cadre of doctors has been arguing for years that gun violence is more an issue of access and regulation than it is mental health. Groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medication Association are active in advocating for stronger gun laws and more widespread violence-prevention programs, and the American Psychological Association regularly cautions against blaming mass shootings on mental health.

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After thinking about this for a few minutes, I did come to the conclusion that mental health is definitely one of the major problems in the recent spree of mass shootings but it isn't the mental health of the shooters but the mental health of Trump himself!

Trump Is a Mental Health Story

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MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS ON DONALD TRUMP

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I used applied psychoanalysis to assess President Trump. The diagnosis is frightening

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By the way and regarding mass shootings, statistics don't lie. Since Trump took office 31 months ago, there have been 30 mass shooting with a total of 861 either killed or wounded. In the 8 years of Obama being in office there were 40 mass shootings with a total of 631 killed or wounded.

Obama = Average of 5 per year with 78 killed or wounded
Trump = Average of 12 per year with 287 killed or wounded

See a pattern here?

Trump hate stoking due to his mental health issues.

We do need to address mental health with these mass shootings but it is Trump's mental health issues and not the ones of the shooters.

Of course Trump flip-flopped, it's what he does; and it's no coincidence that he did so after speaking with La Pierre who no doubt offered wads of cash bribes towards Trump's campaign fund in return for Trump's walk back.

Luckyone said:

Yesterday, after Trump talked to the NRA, he once again did a flip-flop on background checks being expanded to fall back on the favorite reason the NRA uses to pin blame on "Mental Health".



After thinking about this for a few minutes, I did come to the conclusion that mental health is definitely one of the major problems in the recent spree of mass shootings but it isn't the mental health of the shooters but the mental health of Trump himself!







By the way and regarding mass shootings, statistics don't lie. Since Trump took office 31 months ago, there have been 30 mass shooting with a total of 861 either killed or wounded. In the 8 years of Obama being in office there were 40 mass shootings with a total of 631 killed or wounded.

Obama = Average of 5 per year with 78 killed or wounded
Trump = Average of 12 per year with 287 killed or wounded

See a pattern here?

Trump hate stoking due to his mental health issues.

We do need to address mental health with these mass shootings but it is Trump's mental health issues and not the ones of the shooters.

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*mass shooting happens*
Liberals: DO SOMETHING!
Conservatives: We need to focus on mental health, not guns.
Liberals: Mental health problems are not what causes mass shootings, but if you want to help improve mental health then let's do it!
Conservatives: no
Liberals: :2brickwal

Phys251 said:

*mass shooting happens*
Liberals: DO SOMETHING!
Conservatives: We need to focus on mental health, not guns.
Liberals: Mental health problems are not what causes mass shootings, but if you want to help improve mental health then let's do it!
Conservatives: no
Liberals: :2brickwal

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Conservatives: we need to do nothing at all because mass shootings are good for our base

vegas giants said:

Conservatives: we need to do nothing at all because mass shootings are good for our base

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Sad, but TRUE

So the argument is that people who willingly shoot a bunch of defenseless individuals are perfectly sane?

How would a universal background check have stopped any of the recent shootings?

Moon said:

So the argument is that people who willingly shoot a bunch of defenseless individuals are perfectly sane?

How would a universal background check have stopped any of the recent shootings?

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How would it hurt you to have a background check?


Paper cut? Lol

vegas giants said:

How would it hurt you to have a background check?


Paper cut? Lol

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It’s an added expense and hassle that will have no measurable benefit.

Moon said:

It’s an added expense and hassle that will have no measurable benefit.

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The horror.....the absolute horror