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The biggest dent we could make would be to start on the mental health crisis in America. It would be easier politically, cheaper,  more moral and might actually work.

That is predicated on the idea that all mass shooters are mentally ill. Being violent isn't a mental illness. Hey, I'd love to see more access to mental health care in this country, but, off the top of my head, I can only think of two mass shootings where the perpetrator was definitely mentally ill and not just angry at the world.

Only two? I think most of them are mentally ill. A sure sign is if you go shoot a bunch of strangers for no reason. That's a bit cheeky, but there has been research done on the link.

https://www.google.es/amp/www.latimes.co...utType=amp

At the broadest level, peer-reviewed research has shown that individuals with major mental disorders (those that substantially interfere with life activities) are more likely to commit violent acts, especially if they abuse drugs. When we focus more narrowly on mass public shootings — an extreme and, fortunately, rare form of violence — we see a relatively high rate of mental illness.


According to our research, at least 59% of the 185 public mass shootings that took place in the United States from 1900 through 2017 were carried out by people who had either been diagnosed with a mental disorder or demonstrated signs of serious mental illness prior to the attack

It wouldn't surprise me at all if a chunk of the remaining 40% had an undiagnosed mental illness either. That you only can think of two isnt a knock on you, but just shows the poor job the media does on reporting it, and how the discussion always gets swamped by the gun discussion, even though that's really and unsolvable problem because gun owners of America in the U.S. are not going to give up their guns. This is a solvable one though and one that you can get gun owners on board with.