Republicans blame mental health issues for gun violence. So where's the money for care?
America’s exceptionalist gun culture is not the source of our exceptional levels of gun violence and mass shootings, GOP politicians say. Something else must be to blame.
Lately, the more politically convenient explanation is mental illness.
“We as a state, we as a society need to do a better job with mental health,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said after an 18-year-old gunned down 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde using military-grade weapons he had legally acquired. “Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge. Period. We as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and to do something about it.”
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But let’s say these politicians genuinely believe that identifying and treating mental health challenges — rather than, say, restricting access to efficient killing machines — is the key to curbing mass shootings. If that’s the case, why haven’t they put their money where their mouths are?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/30/republicans-blame-mental-issues-gun-violence-but-dont-fund-healthcare/
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