Trump links gun violence to mental illness, backs away from background checks

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Trump continues to link mental illness to mass shootings. Kris Brown, president of gun control advocacy group Brady, explains why that’s “a red herring” and what changes she thinks needs to be made instead.

 

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Trumps right it is mental illness!!! And we all know violence is from the people!!!

Traitors all!

This will change nothing. So Trump and the GOP and NRA will have to GO!

He the one that has the mental illness the NRA done let them no it they do everything on guns control they will not give the Republicans one cent in campaign so everything in the Republican party is run by the NRA and if they get in the way of there guns sales they will pay

It begs the question. Can DJT own a gun?

OH Yeah, Sane people just decide to kill a group of people they don't know!! What psychiatric degree does she have and oh, it was one of those nite online degrees!!

Crazy trump impeach him tired of seeing him on t.v.

Gun control will only hurt law abiding citizens. Guns don't kill people, crazy people kill people.

In some cases it may be related to mental illness, and that is why background checks are needed to make sure that people who are mentally ill do not own firearms. But it is more complicated then one issue, and all issues need to be addressed, begining with background checks.

Trump didn’t do that. It’s a fact.

More guns = more safety

The gaa ffl fbi background system, must be overthrown. It was founded for gaa war crime Americans, that got armed, when hulon mitchell jr nby sunni south Korea coalition, committed Sept 11, 2001..3,000 American deaths. The ffl fails, at recognizing mental abuse, no illness

Always deflecting the real issues. Our leadership continues to put us at risk.

Trump is right

Well, let’s see...OH Dayton shooter found drugs in the system El Paso, he was, well, look at the manifesto... Both AntiFa followers and socialists...

Well think about it you got to be pretty messed up in the head to go out and do a mass shooting

Yeah because all mass shooters are clearly not insane wtf

Riddle me this, then: Why hasn't Trump shot anybody?

could possibly be mental illness,THE MORE REASON 4 background checks-whn a child shows signs of being different. Sometimes this is good..sometimes it’s that something s not right. put n schools where bullying effects deeper thn we r willing to accept. EMOTIONAL PAIN IS SERIOUS!

Good news everyone, 393,0000,000 guns didn't escape their owners and go on a shooting spree yesterday.

He has to put the blame somewhere. Kowtowing to the Gun lobby makes diversions from the remedies that might actually work necessary.

Actually that was Obama's line. Or workplace violence...

This is so he can claim that he did something while knowing that allowing gun ownership relying upon mental status cannot and never will become a reality.

So, you dont think it takes a mentally disturbed individual to shoot a bunch of random people for no reason? Is kris Brown a psychiatrist?

Trump is always going to take a path of walking and talking around the perimeter of any gun legislation due to some financial or blackmail concerns. He touches the gun legislative issues by being outside the box and just touching the edge of the subject enough to take credit.

Most people who have mental illness are not dangerous. Trump doesn't want to place the blame where it belongs: lack of gun laws due to the powerful gun lobby & McConnell and white supremicists. Both are some of his strongest supporters who he needs badly & doesn't want to offend.

Who was newtown shooter?

It's more than that. When the president of the US is calling them invaders, rapist and murderer's. Not condemning someone in the crowd when the yell 'We can shoot them.' Trump says' Only in Florida.' It's all ridiculous. Our president isn't a leader.

Then we got two problems to address. Easy availability of any kind of guns, and proliferation of mental illnesses in the US.

Trump doesn’t care about Americans. He doesn’t want to make meaningful changes. Trump continues to pass the buck on gun control reform to appease the NRA. The NRA owns Trump. AK 47 shootings will continue because Trump puts NRA before the American people

The GOP passed legislation allowing the mentally ill to own guns. They are Hypocrites.

realDonaldTrump BACKGROUND CHECKS

Fact! De-Nile is a river in the .....

Many Guns, Few Shootings. How do the Swiss deal with firearms? Criminologist Prof. Martin Killias: 'There are just not that many people with access to a gun in Switzerland.' By jofahy and vdevore: Switzerland GunControl GunLaws

Mental illness and video games exist in every nation; mass murder by assault weapons is an American phenomena

Easy story to feed his gullible base

Are you saying that people that massacre people aren't mentally ill?

This person is simply stupid. Do you really think that the killings will stop with no guns. They will find another weapon. Work on the actual problem.

The Dayton shooter was on anti depressants. It’s not a red herring

I link mass shootings to the fact that God has been thrown out of schools and courts. This stuff didn't happen in the 60's.

So let me get this straight. A mentally ill person was able to purchase a gun, drive 10 hours to El Paso, walk into a store, leave the store to get his gun, and then return back into the store to kill? Is that what you Trumpers claim

Because they won't tell you, so I will:

I have a gun in my house and my car and not once have they snuck off and killed someone. So if it’s not the gun it’s the person pulling the trigger. And what sane person goes out and randomly shoots people. I rest my case.

Follow the $

Just like Parkland....

Does she believe that there is no connection between mass killers and mental imbalance? Must be the gun controlling their actions and directing them what to do!

What needs to change is be harder on crime and put people in jail.

Her feelings don’t trump my rights

Newton, Aurora and VT mass shooters all had long history of mental illness. Clearly, against keeping the mental illed away from guns by gun control groups is agenda-driven and heartless, aiming to facilitate mass casualties to serve their agenda.

please msnbc, release the text instead of forced ads and spoonfeeding with video.

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