OF course, in the graphic below, all other countries, by which the writer appears to mean developed countries, have not eliminated mental illness. But they have largely eliminated mass shootings. Most mass shootings are NOT the result of mental illness, such as schizophrenia, where an individual lacks the capacity to distinguish not only right from wrong, but reality from delusions.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is our sick, failed gun culture which exalts individual capacities for violence.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is the NRA, promoting obsessive single issue voting through fear mongering lies and propaganda manipulation. No one in government or gun control advocacy is "coming for your guns"; they (the government, in the form of Republicans and Tea Partiers) ARE, as has been wryly observed, trying to take away your health insurance.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is the sheer quantity of guns in private hands. There is a clear correlation to gun violence and the number of guns, by state.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is a gun lobby contributing to significant corruption and cowardice in government.
WHAT other countries DO have that helps drastically reduce mass shooting, is a combination of guaranteed health care, including for mental health, and significantly stricter and more effective gun control.
WE could have both of those, but conservatives obstruct and oppose it. They would rather have wealth and income inequality by serving corrupt big money interests, not the citizens of this country.
The right wing politicians don't care if we citizens are killed or injured in large numbers, or in smaller number individual shootings, especially those which are murder suicides, seen daily across the country. The party signified by the color red doesn't care if you or those you care about bleed, so long as they cash in on their nice green money. The right wing voters believe they will somehow avoid, individually, any threat to their safety by carrying a gun. Evidence does not support that emotional thinking. Right wing voters believe they will survive the lack of a comprehensive medical policy by luck, and maybe prayer, and a false notion that, somehow, makes them more free. That doesn't appear to be successful either, based on the number of people in this country bankrupted, regardless of religious belief or political affiliation.
Conservative ideology is a failure which is literally killing people in this country, by violence and by illness that is preventable.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is our sick, failed gun culture which exalts individual capacities for violence.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is the NRA, promoting obsessive single issue voting through fear mongering lies and propaganda manipulation. No one in government or gun control advocacy is "coming for your guns"; they (the government, in the form of Republicans and Tea Partiers) ARE, as has been wryly observed, trying to take away your health insurance.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is the sheer quantity of guns in private hands. There is a clear correlation to gun violence and the number of guns, by state.
WHAT those other countries do NOT have is a gun lobby contributing to significant corruption and cowardice in government.
WHAT other countries DO have that helps drastically reduce mass shooting, is a combination of guaranteed health care, including for mental health, and significantly stricter and more effective gun control.
WE could have both of those, but conservatives obstruct and oppose it. They would rather have wealth and income inequality by serving corrupt big money interests, not the citizens of this country.
The right wing politicians don't care if we citizens are killed or injured in large numbers, or in smaller number individual shootings, especially those which are murder suicides, seen daily across the country. The party signified by the color red doesn't care if you or those you care about bleed, so long as they cash in on their nice green money. The right wing voters believe they will somehow avoid, individually, any threat to their safety by carrying a gun. Evidence does not support that emotional thinking. Right wing voters believe they will survive the lack of a comprehensive medical policy by luck, and maybe prayer, and a false notion that, somehow, makes them more free. That doesn't appear to be successful either, based on the number of people in this country bankrupted, regardless of religious belief or political affiliation.
Conservative ideology is a failure which is literally killing people in this country, by violence and by illness that is preventable.
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