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Tommy_Carcetti

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8. The majority of shooters don't have a diagnosable mental illness.

Reply to Matrosov (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 12:34 PM

Jun 2016

That's not to minimize those that do, or address the underlying concept of insanity in murder, but the conversation cannot and should not be corralled into that one corner while ignoring the larger elephant in the room.

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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

Mass shootings motivated by religious extremism. Mass shootings motivated by mental illness. lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #3

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

If the vast majority of murders are committed by firearm, logic behooves us to look at firearms. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #12

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

Why do most highly industrialized 1st World countries have far less murders than we do? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #15

Asked and answered above whatthehey Jun 2016 #16

But why are you choosing to compare apples to oranges just to make an argument? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #17

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

Men + Guns AirmensMom Jun 2016 #14

And religiously-sanctioned anti-LGBT hatred. A potent mix, in this situation. JudyM Jun 2016 #21

Yes, in this situation. AirmensMom Jun 2016 #22

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