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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
That does not mean he had a treatable, definable mental illness that any legislation would do anything about. Criminals do a lot of mean, hateful things. We don't chalk that up to mental illness. People do awful things because they do things at the spur of the moment without thinking about the consequences or because they are selfish and don't care about others. They may lack empathy. That's still not mental illness. It's not because they are schizophrenic or some other diagnosis of mental illness. There is no pill to give them or talk therapy to keep them from doing what they do. You don't have to be "crazy" to kill.
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That's definitely true.
Another disturbing trend I noticed and several other people I spoke to noted is that in mass shootings, more women and girls tend to be killed than men. :/ The shooter is usually male...make what you will of it
We know that women are more likely to be the victims of violence in general, but I found this to be equally disturbing.
Also interesting, in a country where gun control is very strict - China -
many children were injured in the recent stabbing, but none were killed.
I don't know the solution. I just know that I hate guns and it scares me to know how easily accessible they are to obtain in some states.