🧵 > ... people have said that we should treat gun violence as a mental health issue. But the vast majority of school shooters are not mentally ill. Only about 25% of mass shootings are associated with non-psychotic psychiatric or neurological illnesses (depression, for example) with another approximately 5% related to severe mental illness. #DepressedPeople often don’t have the energy to commit violent crimes, and #PsychoticPeople usually have trouble executing an elaborate plan. It’s #AngryPeople who kill, particularly #AngryMen with access to firearms.