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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Only "5% of mass shootings are motivated primarily by #mentalIllness". Of course, "the lifetime prevalence of any psychiatric disorder among adults in [the U.S.] right now is about 40 to 45%, so a lot of people who perpetrate mass murder will have some sort of diagnos[is]."
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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"decreas[ing] #gun availability by law [is] the primary method by which we could decrease [most] gun violence and ...shootings. [That doesn't require confiscation.] ...checking on #guns the way we [do with] motor vehicles [can help and] there are a lot of [other] strategies."
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