Posted October 8, 2019 11:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

When it comes to the concept of mental illness and mass shootings, I remain a little torn on the subject.

On one hand, the term “mental illness” is a very broad term that covers everything from mild depression to things like paranoid schizophrenia and psychopathy. Further, the link between mental illness and mass shooting is scientifically murky at best. We just can’t look at a set of symptoms and determine that this person is likely to become a mass shooter.

On the other hand, stable, psychologically well-adjusted people don’t shoot up schools, movie theaters, workplaces, or anywhere else outside of a gun range.

For many Republicans, though, there’s no ambiguity for them. They’ve latched onto mental health as an issue, both in general as well as an answer to mass shootings.

In Minnesota, GOP state senators have proposed an additional $25 million for mental health services for students, farmers, expectant mothers and homeless people. In Georgia, the GOP legislature formed a committee this past spring to take a comprehensive look at all aspects of that state’s mental health system. And in Utah, Republican legislators and Gov. Gary R. Herbert (R) have been adding more mental health counselors to schools.

Even in Washington, President …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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