[tired&retired]

I post this to inform Freepers where the trend has been heading.

[Gaffer]

Gun Violence and Mental Illness, written by a multidisciplinary roster of authors who are leaders in the fields of mental health, public health, and public policy, is a practical guide to the issues surrounding the relation between firearms deaths and mental illness.

And this is where I usually take leave of any semblance of rational consideration for the argument.

It is the strength and validity of the thesis that should prevail, not the so-called credentials of the "illustrious" authors.

[Quickgun]

I stop reading at the title “Gun Violence”. Inanimate objects are not violent.

[ThunderSleeps]

...the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides.

I would argue that someone attempting (or succeeding at) suicide does in fact have some form of mental illness. Unless faced with a terminal illness there appears to be no rational way to justify taking one's own life.

Reviews the epidemiology of gun violence and its relationship to mental illness, exploring what we know about those who perpetrate mass shootings and school shootings.

If someone thinks shooting/killing a bunch of innocent people is a viable option - they are nuts. Might not be the technical term for it, but no sane, rational person is going to decide a mass killing is a good thing.

[G Larry]

Self-defeating phrases ignore that suicide IS a result of mental illness, as it reflects an inability to cope.

“Tragic mass shootings that capture headlines reinforce the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides.”

This is a poor attempt to blame guns and exempt the Mental Health community from any responsibility to warn and inform.

[JimRed]

If you can’t be trusted to be armed, you should not be running around loose.

[jazv]

“Tragic mass shootings that capture headlines reinforce the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides.”
Ok, so 65% of firearms deaths are suicides but it is a mistaken belief that people with mental illness are responsible for much of the gun violence. Sounds contradictory to me.