President Trump described someone who would shoot up a school as a "savage sicko." NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch called the Florida gunman "an insane monster" -- "nuts" and crazy." This kind of language about mental health could be harmful, experts say. cnn.it/2oknKSA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901038&forum_id=2#35465167)

November 6, 2017

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5011519/texas-church-shooting-mental-health-donald-trump

President Trump Blamed the Texas Shooting on 'Mental Health.' But He Made It Easier for Mentally Ill People to Buy Guns

Buried at the end:

“According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only 3 to 5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness.“

November 7, 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/11/07/562546682/texas-shooters-history-raises-questions-about-mental-health-and-mass-murder

McEvers: So I want to start first with a fact check on what President Trump said — and other politicians too — that there's a direct link between gun violence and mental health. What do the experts say?

Actually, most mental health professionals would dispute that, says Kodjak.

In fact, "there is no real connection between an individual with a mental health diagnosis and mass shootings. That connection according to all experts doesn't exist," says Bethany Lilly of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

"Having all of our attention focused on mental illness is not particularly helpful," Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research in Baltimore, Md., told NPR Monday.

Feb 28, 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/28/517799119/trump-repeals-rule-designed-to-block-gun-sales-to-certain-mentally-ill-people

"We know that people with serious mental illness in this country can go buy a very powerful weapon and do great damage with it," Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, who represents Newtown, said in a speech to Senate Republicans earlier this month. He said of mentally ill people, "If you can't manage your own financial affairs, how can we expect you are going to be a responsible steward of a dangerous, lethal firearm?"

Feb 15, 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2018/2/15/17016036/trump-guns-mental-illness

It did not attract a ton of attention at the time (nothing does these days) but about a year ago on February 28, 2017, Congress passed and Donald Trump signed a law revoking an Obama-era regulatory initiative that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy a gun.

The Obama-era gun regulation wouldn’t have had a massive impact on gun violence in the US since it’s estimated that it would only affect about 75,000 people. And disability rights groups had their own objections to the bill so some liberal groups, including the ACLU, joined with the National Rifle Association in urging Trump to reverse it.

But anything that makes it easier to obtain a gun, the research suggests, will likely worsen gun violence. After all, America already has some of the weakest gun laws in the developed world — and repealing a rule that made it a little tougher for some people to buy a gun likely makes that worse.

Feb 19, 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/health/trump-said-mental-illness-leads-to-gun-violence-heres-why-doctors-disagree

“Trump said mental illness leads to gun violence. Here's why doctors disagree”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901038&forum_id=2#35465359)

guns are bad, mental illness is not

if there were no guns, the mentally ill would not be able to use guns to kill people. ergo, all mentally ill people would then resort to getting treatment.

win win

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901038&forum_id=2#35465405)