Mental Illness and Guns

By GunNews

Mental illness and the role that it plays in violent crime in America has been a topic of debate and misinformation for many years. Whenever there is a mass shooting or violent crime that receives national attention, mental illness is always the first issue discussed, followed closely by a debate on why and how a mentally ill person had access to a gun.

Terms like bi-polar, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder are thrown around nilly-willy, doing nothing more than fear mongering and clouding the debate on violent crime in America. The gun and the mental illness tend to be …read more

Via:: Gun News