It's wrong to blame mass shootings on mental illness, experts say

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Mental health experts, including American Psychological Association representatives, have called it 'unfounded' to blame mass shootings on mental illness in place of considering other possible factors, such as hate, bigotry and access to assault weapons

President Donald Trump described a weekend of two mass shootings — one in El Paso, Texas, and the other in Dayton, Ohio — as a"mental illness problem."

Three mass shootings. One week. Too many victims 02:44Yet mental health experts, including representatives from the American Psychological Association, have called it"unfounded" to blame mass shootings on mental illness in place of considering other possible factors, such as hate, bigotry and access to assault weapons.

The cycle of inaction after mass shootings 03:59"One of them is hate crime," Post said, referring to the El Paso, Texas, shooter and the previous mass shootings at a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015 and the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida."We also see revenge killing," she said, referring to some workplace shootings.

 

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I would call that mental illness.

It’s time to blame the true cause - irresponsible media outlets ( like CNN ) that glorify and republish/recount these horrible crimes so repeatedly that they cause copycat whacko mentally ill viewers to try to recreate the crime elsewhere.

But is fanaticism not a mental illness?

..Hitler's henchmen were not mentally ill; they just had hatred of Jews...

U want to end it get the criminals which u can’t do.

Unfounded So that's normal behavior? Shooting everybody? So ridiculous statements

BloggingBlue There is only one person to blame at this moment - MassacreMitch

Lol activists organizations doing activists shit.

The Plot: White racist commit mass murder of black/brown people. Call it mental illness. White racist please insanity. White racist held ‘not criminally responsible’. White racists commits more genocide on immigrants! Just like the racist cops: “I feared for my life”

Wrong again keep hoping

Anyone who goes through with a mass shooting is mentally ill. Who the hell are these “mental health experts”? Fake news.

Perfectly sane people randomly target strangers with murderous intent because they're upset about something? Clown News Network

The shootings are more - and much more likely - the result of racial hatred than mental illness.

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Main Street Media are responsible for hate and bigotry!

Assault Weapons are not available to civilians...only Military!

Ahh yes.. experts. The same experts who say coffee is good for you and 6 months later state it causes cancer.

The left has removed God.WE use to say it is our God given right, now it is our right because we exist. No mental problem because everything is justified . Just ask the 2% of the people that don't understand what gender they are. Is it a mental issue? Hate and Bigotry is growing

No one has legal access to assault weapons. That continued narrative is not only a lie but unfounded.

Breeding paranoia and division.

Sure because perfectly rational in sane people to kill others. Are you nuts

Love how CNN is always Johnny on the spot with their paid experts.

Other countries have the mentally ill, video games, hate and bigotry but don’t have the ease of access to assault type weapons. If an act of terror occurs they call it just that, even if the perpetrator or perpetrators look just like them.

CNN continues to amaze with clownery

Like saying a bunch of doctors won't blame over prescribing pain killers for drug abuse.

Since big pharma paid off for dozens of covers, theyre in everybody's basement. Liberals always take and spend, no questions, and republicans are often just as corrupt, they all dine at the same trough more than we care to admit. So, nobody can publish the meds vs serial killers?

People gotta have some scapegoat, so mentally ill folks (i.e. vulnerable population) get the nod. No way GOP will admit this nation has a serious *aggrieved misogynist white male* problem. I mean, doesn't that describe 99.9% of today's GOP congressmen? 🤔

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This is the biggest fake news of the century 🤣. No sane person goes on a rampage killing spree!

People always love to say that gun violence is due to mental illness. I 100 percent agree. It is caused by mental illness and the first step to identifying a person who is suffering from mental disease is discovering they're a Trump-worshiping Republican. Please incarcerate them.

The APA is the group that has the bathroom assignments mixed up too. They are a “unique” group.

Sane people do not do that.

Hate and bigotry. That's right in CNN's wheelhouse. You (CNN) ferment both of those qualities. In order to hopefully cover a riot i suppose. CNN loves them some riots

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Define an assault weapon. In reality it can be any item in the hands of a sociopath.

Many different levels of mental illness. But when everyone is looking for meds to fix everything the diagnosis of mental illness lumped them all together so insurance can pay for everything. There is a lack of treatment for severe mental illness. married to ER doc sees it daily

Thank god someone admitted to the truth behind all these mass shootings!!

This is unfair to criminals everywhere. Mental illness and the devil made me do it are time proven excuses---uh, defenses.

I do not believe physicians from APA can call that. That must be FAKE NEWS. Most of the shooters are believed to be NPD/BPD/Schizophrenic. Its pure propaganda .CNN needs to fact their their headlines.

Let's play devil's advocate. Would Muslim extremists also suffer from mental illness.

You usually don't find that for which you're not even looking.

The main reason is some humans become very unhappy, very frustrated, and depressed...and this sometimes turns to 'extreme anger' 'Not mental illness'

*bangs head repeatedly against desk before even reading comments because it’s going to be less painful*

all need to stop talking about mental illness like anyone understands it. there is a ton of environmental social factors that are contributing to what we are seeing. also, stuff like this poses a very real threat to nonviolent individuals who have mental illnesses.

In all fairness though, to do something like that you can’t be right in the head.

Isn’t hate, bigotry and access to guns a mental health problem

Undeniable proof = climate change is a hoax. No proof = mental illness and video games cause mass shootings. What a time to be alive...

You're so right. There's nothing crazy about a person who commits mass murder. Come on...

People with mental health problems who have identified them & seek treatment are some of the LEAST violent people you'llfind. It's the undiagnosed angry people who do most of the mass shootings & you'll never get to all of them before they explode. Ban large capacity magazines!

Of course they do, they are why we some many crazies running loose instead of in the looney bin.

Right, put the blame where it belongs: SSRI’s mixed with mkultra mind control individuals triggered to carry out a shooting and one is antics and one is far right 8 We extremist.

No matter what they say a sane person doesn’t kill a bunch of random people. That’s a mental health issue

The Problem is, your juvenile file are sealed when you turn 18, when a background check is done there’s no way to see if that individual had prior incidences in school, law-enforcement, any issues with his/her mental health or any medication they might have been on in the past.

Finally. We’ve been saying this for ages

Like magic, mental illness is no longer a factor. Lol.

Because people who commit mass shootings are completely normal. Right?

Wouldn’t hate and bigotry qualify as a mental illness?

scapegoat

You aren’t getting our guns ~ your propaganda is laughable at this point 🙄 journalism is dead

Easily the dumbest report ever

And CNN can start by stop their political manipulation and lying to the public!

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It’s easy to blame a group that already suffers from a large number of negative stereotypes. Most people know very few facts about mental illnesses and are unaware of the great progress happening in brain research. Mental illness is real, not a moral failing. It can happen to U

No action and red herrings. We need statesmen that govern; where are they?

It’s wrong to blame mental illness for mass shootings. Simple, it’s having a gun, bang your dead. No gun , no dead !

ITS UNRCONTIONABLE to think anyone would blame the President of the United States on what a murderer has done. You people are serial liars.

Lol

Propaganda

It is quite simple in the USA. If the killer has a dark skin, or worships Allah, then he is a terrorist. If not, he is mentally deranged.

Bullshit.

It is not mental illness. It is straight up terrorism.

Trump is responsible for the mass shooting in El Paso spewing his hatred and bigotry towards Mexicans and mexican-americans

Mental health experts including American Psychological Association, once believed homosexuality was a mental illness. In their DMS Manuals 1,2,and3.

Who ever said that isn't a mental health expert lol. Where do you get this crap reports from any way 😂😂😂🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂

So let's shift the blame from the individual criminal over to an inanimate object. And we wonder why kids are shooting up schools. We're giving them the message that there is no such thing as accountability.

Tell the truth! I read about this on the APA website and there is definitely a connection between video games and aggression! Stop trying to make this The Presidents fault, it is only the fault of the one that did it! STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!

Can't blame the guns Republicans won't get their Russian money for ekections..... Citizens United Must ...go ....Republican White Party must go

Right...those people are sane.

and their sources again?

This is FLAT OUT BULLSHIT! CNN found a few Trump hate mongers to say what this fake news 24/7 hate machine wanted! This is the reason, you get mental health issues and then add CNN then get mass shootings! JUST STOP!

And, Trump rallies!

It makes as much sense as blaming video games. Which is 0 realDonaldTrump

It's pointless consulting mental health experts if nothing is done as a result. It's obvious that Trump is completely bonkers, so put him out of action one way or another before he does any more harm. Now!

Hate is not a mental illness, its a learned behavior.

America is a free country and if someone wants to be a biggot it is their right.

Very true!

Hey CNN - you have to have a mental illness to do just that, and think you’re doing some good. Normal people don’t mass kill others...

It's right to blame the shootings on the medications used to treat mental illnesses, such as Zoloft and company. Problem being, the only people who still watch traditional 'television' are old. All of CNN's advertisers are huge pharma companies attempting to sell to old ppl

True because these people doing these shootings are not mentally ill

It's wrong to blame it on guns too

Come on!!! It doesn’t take a medical degree to figure out that the shooters are crazy,nuts,wacko,psycho or whatever adjective you want to use. Even if they were racist , it is still NOT NORMAL to shoot people!!

Interesting claim. Perhaps APA should explore subjects of hate & bigotry. It took decades to acknowledge addiction as mental illness. Can we honestly say that a mind that pre-judges & assigns reduced value to a human life based on skin pigment or lineage is healthy?

And all too revealing that Trumps proposed 'solution' to this mental health crisis is the imposition of the death penalty

A new level of stupid for CNN🙌🏿👏 🙌🏿

U have to be mentally ill to take an innocent life!!!

......the only hateful rhetoric comes directly from MSM and Dem leaders. They spew “outright lies” and fabrications 1000’s of times daily. Non of it remotely true. I’m in shock at the lies told to give credence to their views and the sheer number of people that take part in it...

White Nationalist is not a mental illness just like saying Muslim jihadist is a mental illness

If you kill your sister is not mental ill?

When you talk to your self enough and become totally committed. They will find away to do it. They have even killed there family members. That is where we have to go. We are building snowflakes that when pushed are hurricanes.

Generally the mentally diagnosed is sitting in a nursing facility &/or is on some type of psychotic meds to control Behavior.

Oh and by the way assault weapons are the least used in cases where people are hurt or killed in attacks with guns 🙄. Shot guns would be the worst no one would live if those were used

Absolutely insane - the experts calling mass shooters not suffering from mental ill was. But of course it fits the liberal narrative ...

Wait...you mean politicians and not mental health experts were pushing that line of thinking? Are they saying it’s a talking point to advance a political agenda? The GOP gun advocates are lying? Say it ain’t so! They can’t be lying! 👈🏼(sarcasm)

How about the fact that the f*cking media twists and escalates every word the President says to make them sound hateful? That’s the reason for these mass killings! Idiots!

Because it's a sign of mental fitness to shoot people indiscriminately? Wtf?

For the last time, they didn’t use assault weapons!!!!!!

I’m sure it depends on if the expert is liberal or not. Of course it’s about mental illness.

Mental illnesses can be controlled by medicine and that’s only 50% and the decision to take the medicine is on that person. With Mental illness you can still make decisions on RIGHT and Wrong. But for these 31 people that was Murdered, We Cannot and Will Not allow mental illness

If the socialist Democrats and you would quit calling for violence all the time just maybe America could start getting along.

C’mon people get with the program!

WELL IT SURE AS HELL DOES NOT HELP THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS FROM CAUSING VIOLENT ACTS

Everyone at cnn and who believes cnn needs mental help - and who gives a shit about the representatives ? We want experts lol

Ohhh shit.. Called it! M.I probably affects women and minorities at an uncomfortable rate therefore it HAS to be the guns!!

Your right this time CNN, the Democrats can sure cause a serious problem.

I strongly believe that. Makes sense.

I cal BS on that statement.

FAKE NEWS

This isn’t about guns or mental illness. It’s about generations of single parent homes and no respect for elders, authorities or the laws. It’s about trying to survive in a broken down cesspool.

Never forget: the radical left wants abortions after the baby is born and all to sell the parts to PPact and then want you to believe they care about shooting victims!!! Trump2020LandslideVictory

But it is ok to demonize and blame 'white men'.....

If so then why do we check for involuntary commitment on the NICS check? NJ checks for mental health records of all kinds. If it doesn’t matter why do they bother to check for it? Seems inconsistent.

Right...well-adjusted, sane people think killing others is ok

It is called Mental Health when it is White Killers ! Black , Brown , and Muslims are called Evil Hateful Animals 😡

Anyone that mass kills people for no reason is I'll. If you take away guns they will find another device... bombs coolaide ECT.

Glad to hear

Anyone who can murder, has mental illness. Period. Full stop. cnn stop with your opinionated propaganda. Hate is hate. You perpetuate it.

Well, we certainly don't want to stigmatize mass shooters, why that may hurt their feelings. There's no end in sight to the stupidity.

The Cause of Mass Shootings is the Media repeatedly broadcasting hatefilled rhetorics abd biased news....which spurs unstable weak minds into violent actions.

Access to assualt weapon is major factor.,0 buying and selling in open market

The author of this report needs to see a mental health doctor.

It doesn't matter if mental illness is a factor or not, access to military type assault weapons by civilians is an issue, the 2nd amendment doesn't guarantee nor was intended to protect possession of these weapons, they are not for hunting!

what a crock! Anybody that points any kind of a gun into a crowd of people and pulls the trigger is not all there!

Mueller reports no longer potent..it's racism! That's African's democracy--unable to separate crime from politics. What then can Africa learn of democracy from founders? Very bad.

Well it’s definitely not normal and you would have to be really screwed up to do it. So what do you call it?

I’m sorry “doctors” but allowing those feelings of hate, etc, to manifest themselves into the desire to maim and kill is symptomatic of mental illness.

So you’re not mentally ill if you slaughter innocent people? Yeah ok.

More proof just blame everything on Trump! 🤔

When the El Paso shooter goes to trial a member of the American Psychological Association is going to be paid a a lot of money by a slick law firm to testify as to his mental incompetence. LiberalHypocrisy

No son locos , son pendejos racistas

Or any one person!! To do so is not knowing this was a problem in the previous administration also.

Yes we can...Vote these Roadblock Repubs out!!!

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Because sane people shoot up shopping areas when there is a gun around...riiiiiiiight.

Access to assault weapons no shit sherlock

Experts just want to keep “treating” mental illness so they can get richer. Can’t blame them, oh no. Smh 🤦‍♂️

The 'American Psychological Association' sounds like a crock. There is no way mental illness is not at play here. Sounds like someone is worried they won't be able to push their psych meds on America if mental illness is solved.

Sh;/ bird CNN. There is not one solution or one easy answer to this problem. But Mental Health and sharing information is part of the solution. CNN really does want to find a solution then Obama and his DEM control House and Senate could have passed it 2009/2010. Failure

*Liberal....mental health experts.

Let’s no blame the paranoia that is associated with marijuana use

Lol. Experts. CNN working overtime to desperately make it all about Trump. Stable people typically don’t kill other people no matter the level of hate. The difference between right and wrong still applies but CNN will have none of it.

This president thinks he knows best & always ignoring the experts.

EVargasTV Well, I’m pretty sure if you go on a killing spree, you’re a mentally ill person, yes?

While hate and bigotry are part of the problem you have to be detached from feelings to slaughter people like that. I really don’t give a fuck what they say it is about mental health. The experts have failed our society!

Too bad they aren't able to quote studies they haven't dont to support that.

Clearly climate change is causing mass shootings. We don’t have a gun problem.. we have a climate issue. Lol

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Gee, no doubt, any sane person would, would kill. Don't care what these psychological experts say, when only a few mass shootings happen in decades, from individuals, its a mentally ill person only. 99.999% of Americans in US don't kill anyone out of any of the 3 reasons they say

Donald Trump is a coward he does not want to take responsibility for his actions.

Go away nobody listens to fake journalist CNN any longer you people are done... toast

This MUST be fake news !

What does it matter? The real question is what are we going to do to help stop the violence?

How about mental impairment from chronic use of hallucinogens?

2nd - There is NO mass change in the American psyche related to bigotry or racism. This is a MYTH perpetrated by MEDIA, which by the way has been shown to be a causitive factor in mass shootings. YOU are responsible for add-on factors of causality similiar to the spread of panic

First, a semi-auto is a semi-auto, is a semi auto. Shall we ban all semi-auto weapons? That is impossible. So just stop already. 2nd no one blames 'mental illness' as a REASON, we look for the REASONs that are causing this epedimic of mental illness. Many causes.

EVargasTV The shooter was in full control of his faculties. He just wanted the spotlight. He lived with his parents, no job. That’s why I won’t use his name, leave it to Trump to say he was mentally ill.

Mental Health is a factor in every decision you make in your life. Good, or bad decisions have the ability to impact your life for for days/ weeks/ years. It’s knowing what’s right from wrong! Some people are just disconneteced from society

JacqEHoward you are incredible well done

And that is why it keeps happening. One of th e BIGGEST loopholes in current background checks is psychologists refusing to report their patients because of confidentiality. Most of these shooters had mental,issues that SHOULD have been reported to the NSA, by LAW and were not

This is an excellent article

Yeah don’t blame the Nutters. Everyone knows it was video games

So, someone who murders 12 innocent strangers in cold blood and with malice aforethought is mentally healthy, completely rational and emotionally stable? Is that what the shrinks are saying? Sounds like the head shrinkers are certifiably nuts.

So it wasn't a hate crime after all because out of the many killed the majority were Americans and only 7 were mexican..so no 'White Supremacist' can be blamed !

Why would they admit their ineptitude?

Honestly it’s access to gun and crack how can sine one just wake up like Boko haram in Nigeria starting shooting innocent people

Yeah they are totally mentally sound 😬

So those robbers who always rob the bank should also be mentally illness?🤣

The obvious one is access to military grade weapons, why do ordinary citizens require this?

Young people feel they don't have a future when the best opportunities are enlisting in the military. Shame! the rate in suicide getting higher every year: On average, there are 123 suicides per day.

This tweet already isn't aging well.

Weird how this ever became a divisive issue. Isn't it strikingly obvious that someone who kills people is mentally ill? How on earth was this conflated into stigmatization of those innocents who suffer?

Then knives right, they take that too?

If a shooter has schitzophrenia with homicidal tendencies is it the guns fault?

The only thing stopping most of the MAGA crowd from going and shooting people is the fact they don’t want to jeopardize their own lives. They have the same rage and are capable of the same - just have fear of consequences.

Call them out! DoubleStandards BIGOTRY HateCrimes

Very, very few of these mass shooters are deemed mentally ill and/or incapable to stand trial. The common denominator is all shootings, are firearms. Work on the common denominator.

So CNN basically advocating that mass shooters are completely sane. Got it👌🏼. Does anybody else actually follow them for news Or for just pure astonishment at what idiotic takes they will have next? Enemy of the people

That's odd. The same pseudo-scientists claim that hate and bigotry are inversely proportional to an individual's IQ--low IQ is a mental illness.

Maybe it's the never-ceasing attacks on Trump and his followers by CNN that push people over the edge.

“Hate” is responsible for the bloodshed!

Crazy kills...

Then the Dems better clean up their vile act!!

Protect lung big O’Hara while people get shot- shameful

Maybe, but who is to blame for the mass killing of 500k or more babies aborted every year? Democrats, because they hate Trump, side with the real mass killers, so bloviate all you want, but first look in the mirror

CNN will hire, invite or ask for anyone that is anti Trump. Call it for what it is, mental illness caused by CNN bs on a DAILY basis about white kids who should pay 'reparations'. This an many other crap from your network drove this lunatic to this.

Sure, it’s perfectly natural for sane people to want to shoot another human being.

Exactly.

It is a lack of God. It takes someone who does not know God to feel they could kill another. They are serving Satan with hate. God is love

So if it isn't mental illness what causes reasonable people to do such things? Was Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, May, Napoleon, and countless other mass murder sane

Gun to gun

Define mental health...

Sure, CNN, sure. 'American Psychological Association ', eh? And what do we who think for ourselves, rather than get led around like a dog on a leash by biased media, think this organization might possibly have as an agenda, as motivation, to make such a pronouncement? Hmm?

If you happen to look two years kids meet at shopping malls try to kiss and touch each other irrespective of the religion colour language native and beyond. Then why all these haters begins ? Need a solution desperately to shape the world love each other and respect and value

Lol

Oh really? they're in on it too?

So killing ppl ain’t a mental health issue?. Wow lol even if it’s hate bigotry or even access assault weapons only ppl with mental health illnesses would want to kill ppl regardless of the rest lol

The mentally ill argument dies when you also defend giving them the tools to commit massacres.

Hate and bigotry are not mental illnesses? Nearby firearms make you shoot people? Are you fucking kidding me?

Your going to blame Elizabeth Warren then?

Well he did include those other things.

Handguns kill more people than “assault guns” along with quite a few other weapons and blunt objects.

People become sick mentally due to lack of moral leadership and normal medication will not solve this issues

You cant tell me mental illness isnt involved in many of these shootings. Maybe not all, but a lot. Its irresponsible to not consider it when looking for real answers.

Yet they’re gutting mental health care from the AcA!

It's not wrong, it's factual. Sane people don't pick up guns to kill innocent people, psychopaths do. Hate, racism, and bigotry are all affects of mental issues that prevent sane and logical thoughts to process. There are millions of undiagnosed and untreated people.

Every single mass shooter was mentally ill. Most on meds that are psychotropic. Ban the meds and shootings will stop?

SERIOUSLY? How many everyday, normal ordinary ppl pick up a gun to commit mass murder on a given day? Nevermind that we are all capable of violence, but most ppl have a conscience that guides them. Those who don’t are said to be mentally ill.

These aren't the droids you are looking fo.. We mean Its not mental health. lol

No such thing as assault weapons. Hitlers.

If we can’t be honest about the different causes of gun violence then we’re lost. CNN is clearly lost

Dear at the CNN, you cannot blame President Trump for the massacres in ElPaso and Dayton. You cannot tie in his immigration speeches and attribute the violence to his intended reforms. This blame game is unfair, unjustified and certainly uncalled for. NYTimes Washingtonpost

Also coming from the people who literally haven’t made any massive finds in their field besides guesses in 25 years.

Mental illness never pulled a trigger, a human being did. A human with a gun. So, it’s obvious that nobody could shoot anybody without a gun whether they have a mental illness or not. Strict gun controls MUST happen.

These shrinks need shrinks!

The sad part is that no laws will ever stop evil people!

He wasn’t to crazy to get out his car and surrender.

OMG. Stop. You honestly believe that these people are well?!!! Just to be Anti Trump. This is ridiculous!!!!

To call someone racist just avoid engaging in meaningful conversations is another way of saying you are afraid they may have some valid points on the subject.

Well, sure. Cuz ya know, people that are willing to murder people in cold blood for the sake of an ideology are completely sane.

And ppl that have an addiction to nicotine do not have a smoking problem, right!

What will make a person go our and shoot innocent people if he is not crazy? You could say hate was part but I'm certain these shooters have some form of metal illness. How can a person in his right mind just take a gun and start shooting at everyone? Insane

Aren’t people with homicidal and suicidal tendencies recommended ffor psychiatric treatment?

For decades it has been blamed on mental illnesses. However, now that Trump says that this was due to mental illness. Of course the media will find someone to contradict Trump and say that it was not due to mental illnesses. What I find to blame, is that there’s so much...

That's right. Hate and bigotry are not classified as mental illnesses. They are learned behaviors.

Mental health experts paid for by the democrat party similar to the pseudo scientists who thing the world is coming to an end if we don’t drive electric cars

If pills may cause suicidal thoughts can they cause homicidal thoughts? Look at the drug companies.

Uhm... normal sane people don’t kill people.

Agreed that mental illness cannot be completely accountable for balance on mass shootings. Mental illness is used as a ploy in an attempt to change the conversation. Politicians are not willing to stand up to the NRA

If you shoot ppl by mass murder you’re mentally ill period!!!!

SO WHAT FUCKISIT

What do mental experts have to say about ’s hatred for realDonaldTrump ? Is it mental illness?

What about acces to vehicles and knife?

Well coming from IT MUST BE TRUE

Unfounded? If one does not respect the sanctity of life, they have a broken switch. Generally, broken switches are considered mental illness. The farce is strong with cnn.

It seems to me that when a guy who, on his own initiative, gets a weapon for mass shooting and travels hundred of miles to shoot innocent people of a specific group, he is both mentally deranged as well as politically motivated by his hatred of that group. He can't be sane.

Why is it states that have gun law and no guns have numbers of gun problems with guns.

Ummm me thinks anyone who goes out and starts shooting at a group of strangers probably has some sort of mental illness.

Is it equally unfounded to blame one person?

So that they can let the killer go on the ground of mentally unstable.. trump is a brilliant man .. but is that Godly since in God we trust ?

Yet majority of them sit their butt home during elections.

If this was done by a black (African) or an Arab they would be classified as Terrorists, but because he is a white boy it's now mental illness. Let the truth be told this was an act of Terrorism

I would have to disagree I think something is mentally wrong with someone who hates people because of skin color, religion,politics, or world view. It could be how they are raised, or how susceptible they are to manipulation but it definitely as to do with the mind.

I can agree in some circumstance, but I still think there’s something hidden behind these people. I’m not a Dr. so I probably don’t know what I’m talking about. Which ever the reason, It’s sad all the way around. It’s just hard not to believe there’s mental issues involved.

If a criminal is not Muslim then everything is under consideration like mental illness etc. except terrorist because it is permanently labelled with Islam and muslims. 'Any person regardless of religion who kills innocent human beings is terrorist'

Is it possible that CNN can be this dumb? Is it possible

This country also has to heel from everyone using racism for everything. This goes to the folks who are racists against whites!! We all know it’s occurring so let’s be honest and talk about it. The overuse of racism and being racists against white people!!

Trump has to understand that whatever comes out of his mouth people are going to listen bc he's the President of the United States and his hateful words entice them to do racist hate crimes and to have a leader too think like them edges them in a violent behavior with actions.

Access to dangerous guns is the main cause of gun violence in America. Not mental illnesses.

Isn’t the combination of hate and bigotry by definition a mental illness - or is it just now an opinion? Looks like we have a whole profession wondering how they have failed all these years

Yeah there are no “sane cold-blooded murderers”

Good evening , While everyone is an expert let's consider this, Mental Health or lack of Criminal Responsibily doesn't carry out a ' planned attack , Hate , Bigotry, & a Premeditated & Executed Plan is hardly a Mental Illness especially with precision.

Probabil că oamenii aceștia nu trag în cine trebuie. ...doar așa poți proba logica elementară a lucrurilor. SUA jefuiesc necontenit state mai slab dotate și subordonate doar pentru ca PRESUPUN a avea arme nucleare sau cine știe ce căcaturi. Deci oamenii se apără cum pot.

CNN is loaded with Mental Midgets🖕

Well, we know this group is circling their wagons.

Yes thank you !! Proves the point that CNN promotes hate!!!! Both shooters were democrats!

So only what fits your narrative

Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (2001). Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, and prosocial behavior: A meta-analytic review of the scientific literature. Psychological Science, 12, 353-359.

According to Trump, Republicans n Fox News.. all they need to do is take away Wii's n...problem solved! Unbelievable!!

Obviously. The only blame lies with white supremacy and Donald Trump.

so it's normal? give me a break

They must not be mental health experts. APA is all political so they're not credible. Who else you got?

Sure, because they don’t want to be blamed.

The APA has become political.

Maybe it’s a combination of more then one thing omg no way

SMH

Are you serious anyone that does a mass shooting has serious mental problems. Like WTF.

No kidding !

PROPAGANDA

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