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To: Lazamataz
Islam played a role, but most mass-shooters (upwards of 80%) are on psych meds.

Yes, I read that all the time on InfoWars and conspiracy sites like it. The problem is, being on the med's doesn't in any way mean that was what caused him to go shooting up innocent people. It could just as well be that unstable people go on meds, and more would would kill were it not for the anti-psychotics they take.

If X % of people are depressed and take anti-depressants, you can't say "well Y % of the people on those med's kill themselves therefore the prescriptions are to blame". It is just as, if not more likely, that those prescriptions prevented more depressed people from offing themselves.

93 posted on 07/19/2015 12:21:21 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969
es, I read that all the time on InfoWars and conspiracy sites like it.

I don't go to those sites. I read this sort of stuff on more mainstream sites.The problem is, being on the med's doesn't in any way mean that was what caused him to go shooting up innocent people. It could just as well be that unstable people go on meds, and more would would kill were it not for the anti-psychotics they take.

We should do a controlled double-blind experiment. Take 1000 people, give them meds, and 1000 people, give them placebos. In 20 years, we can compare the groups.

The most devious part of my plan is that the anti-gun people cannot change gun laws during that time. It will spoil the experiment. muhuhuhUHUHAHAHAHAHH!!!

95 posted on 07/19/2015 12:58:25 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("In a very short period of time, these will be the good old days." -- unknown Freeper, 2015)
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