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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