03-21-2018, 09:06 AM
(03-21-2018, 08:13 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: But you're leaving out quite a few others in there that would make the religious list larger, and would include some based on race, personal issues, etc. I don't think the percentage of those that have actually been mentally ill is as high as we like to think and the way you present that list perpetuates the bias that it happens more often. I'd be interested to see if we could find a good list that discusses motives and look at percentages.
Fair enough, I would hardly call my list comprehensive as I put it together based solely on memory. What I think we can infer is that, while your claim that the mentally ill are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators, they are also disproportionately represented amongst mass shooters.
