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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/08/mental-health-illness-gun-violence-risk-mass-shootings[/URL]

“The primary misconception that exists among many members of the public is that gun violence, particularly mass shootings, results primarily from mental illness, and in fact that’s not true,” Appelbaum said. This widespread belief has “diverted attention from ways of making it harder for people to get guns”, he said, and instead focused attention on mental health interventions unlikely to prevent much violence."

Did anyone say mental illness was the primary cause of mass shootings?

[QUOTE="MaverickNH, post: 8733695, member: 498"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/08/mental-health-illness-gun-violence-risk-mass-shootings[/URL] [I]“The primary misconception that exists among many members of the public is that gun violence, particularly mass shootings, results [b]primarily from mental illness[/b], and in fact that’s not true,” Appelbaum said. This widespread belief has “diverted attention from ways of making it harder for people to get guns”, he said, and instead focused attention on mental health interventions unlikely to prevent much violence."[/I] Did anyone say mental illness was the primary cause of mass shootings? [/QUOTE]

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