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First, obviously we as a country do not have a monopoly on mental illness and yet only in america do mass shootings happen anywhere near this often. beyond that, though, all of the studies, all of the research disproves the notion that mental illness is the thing you should blame for mass shootings in america. only a tiny fraction of violent crime is committed by people with message illness. people who are mentally ill are far more likely to be victims of violent crime than its perpetrators. so claiming this is a mental illness problem that explains what's going on in america with gun violence...

The president saying it's not guns that pull the trigger, it's mental illness that pulls the trigger. forgive me for saying this bluntly, but that's bullpucky, and we can all prove it. first, obviously we as a country do not have a monopoly on mental illness and yet only in america do mass shootings happen anywhere near this often. beyond that, though, all of the studies, all of the research disproves the notion that mental illness is the thing you should blame for mass shootings in america. only a tiny fraction of violent crime is committed by people with message illness. people who are menta...

Risen still further, the response to mass shootings has gotten stuck between the gears somehow. our public officials roar and gnash their teeth, but nothing ever catches. policy doesn't change. one of the questions being asked now after this particular spate of mass shootings is whether that stasis will still hold, even now, even as this crisis takes on a frightening new form. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: it happened again this weekend. [ screaming ] >> reporter: and then again. where else in the western world do these shootings happen with such numbing regularity? the answer is nowhere. >> this i...

News" saturday. we're going to be talking to you throughout the evening. thank you very much for starting us off. >> over the past few years, as the number of mass shootings in america has risen and risen and risen still further, the response to mass shootings has gotten stuck between the gears somehow. our public officials roar and gnash their teeth, but nothing ever catches. policy doesn't change. one of the questions being asked now after this particular spate of mass shootings is whether that stasis will still hold, even now, even as this crisis takes on a frightening new form. [ gunfire ]...

Where else in the western world do these shootings happen with such numbing regularity? the answer is nowhere. >> this is also a mental illness problem. these are really people that are very, very seriously mentally ill. >> reporter: the mental illness argument is a convenient retreat, but it's not like other countries are free from mental illness or violent video games or disaffected youth or any of the other proxies we blame after every new mass shooting. it's only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. >> just another da...