Restating the answer the Mouse gave, because this is important.
Deflecting responsibility for gun violence onto the mentally ill has become a key part of the gun lobby’s talking points over the last few years. This point has been reinforced by the establishment Dem’s enthusiastic adoption and retransmission of it.
It is a derailing tactic, and it is a very dangerous one.
Now is not the time to acquiesce in efforts to disarm and disempower the mentally ill and disabled.
We are not the threat; we are, however, traditionally amongst the first victims of fascism.
