The rush to blame mental illness oversimplifies the problem. From Buffalo, New York, to Uvalde, Texas, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, a wave of devastating mass …
What's really driving America's mass shooting crisis? Look to guns and young men
The Focus On Mental Illness Is Only One Part
Grid spoke to Liza Gold, a clinical forensic psychiatrist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, author of 2016′s “Gun Violence and Mental Illness,” and past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, about the common factors behind such shootings — notably not mental illness — and what is driving their increase.
More Coverage Of The Mass Shooting Crisis
Shootings like the one in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4 send gun sales surging. For advocates of stricter gun laws, mass shootings are a moment …
The rush to blame mental illness oversimplifies the problem. From Buffalo, New York, to Uvalde, Texas, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, a wave of devastating mass …
The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is part of a larger trend. Guns became the leading cause of death of U.S. kids and teens in …
Polling indicates Americans favor gun reforms like “red flag” laws and assault weapons bans, but the reality is much more complicated. Grid News