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7. religious extremism is ONE form of mental illness

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:28 AM

Jun 2016

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Mass shootings motivated by religious extremism. Mass shootings motivated by mental illness. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 OP

The common thread is easy frazzled Jun 2016 #1

Dont' see much difference between the two Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #2

Adam Lanza was far from a religious extremist as much as I could tell. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #6

religious extremism is ONE form of mental illness lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #7

No, it isn't. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2016 #18

It's the easy access to guns treestar Jun 2016 #4

Mental illness is the common thread Matrosov Jun 2016 #5

The majority of shooters don't have a diagnosable mental illness. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #8

Congratulations on the textbook tautology whatthehey Jun 2016 #9

Mass casualty bombings in the US are far, far more rare than mass shootings. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #10

Of course they are. So are mass arsons, poisonings, stabbings etc. whatthehey Jun 2016 #11

Only a very shallow logic. Ever heard of the 5 whys? whatthehey Jun 2016 #13

Asked and answered above whatthehey Jun 2016 #16

Highest for the middle and above, not for the desperate poor whatthehey Jun 2016 #20

Men + Guns AirmensMom Jun 2016 #14

Yes, in this situation. AirmensMom Jun 2016 #22

Yeah. If only there were something they all had in common... Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #19