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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/opinion/dont-blame-mental-illness-for-gun-violence.html?_r=0

"According to one epidemiological estimate, entirely eliminating the effects of mental illness would reduce all violence by only 4 percent. Over all, less than 5 percent of gun homicides between 2001 and 2010 were committed by people with diagnoses of mental illness, according to a public health study published this year."[/quote]

We are discussing apples and you are providing statistics about oranges. We aren't discussing gun violence in general. We are discussing mass shootings. There is a difference between shooting someone while holding up a gas station and going into a club and shooting over 100 people.
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Yes, you're right. I did read somewhere (can't find it now) that the number is somewhere between 30-50%.

Though I wonder, why have mass shootings been rising? Is it really possible that the prevalence of mental disorders is rising? Maybe we should be blaming guns and not religion and mental illness. Or maybe, just the common denominator: men.  :twisted: [/quote]

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