Mass shootings motivated by religious extremism. Mass shootings motivated by mental illness. [View all]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Mass shootings motivated by racial hatred or bigotry. Mass shootings motivated by plain old anger.

If only--if only--there was some common thread among all these different mass shootings that we could address and have a discussion about. Something that--no matter the motive--we could all look at and examine and see if there's anything we could do that might lower the risk of future mass shootings. Something that every single mass shooting has.
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Oh well, I guess there's no common thread after all. Let's continue to only talk about religious extremism and nothing else when the mass shooting was motivated by religious extremism, or only talk about mental illness and nothing else when the shooter was mentally ill.