- President Donald Trump and other politicians have spoken about the need to address mental health in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting that left 17 dead.
- But experts say that mental illness alone is not to blame for gun violence.
- If a number of major mental illnesses were cured, gun violence would only go down by 4% in the US.
- Researchers say that histories of domestic violence, anger, and disdain for women are often strong predictors of future gun violence.
- Nine out of the 10 perpetrators of the most violent shootings in America had histories of abusing women.
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Trump and Republicans are blaming mental health for America's gun problem after the Florida school shooting — here's why they're wrong
Evidence suggests that pervasive anger and violence towards women are better predictors for gun violence than mental health issues.
In the wake of another mass shooting, politicians have predictably started pointing to mental health as the culprit.
Several Republican politicians and government officials including President Donald Trump have suggested that mental illness was to blame for
She pointed out that the US isn't the only place with angry, impulsive people on the loose, yet "we are the only developed country in the world where this happens on a regular basis."
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