Mass shooting at Madden tournament in Florida

[Worldtraveller]

Based on my experience, much.

The kind of stuff on TV in the US that gets edited out is pretty high. In Germany you'd have to rent a movie to see the violent content we see on basic cable.

People don't watch those movies in Europe?

Sure, but you have to go out of your way to do so.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I scanned the thread in a hurry. Did anyone else mention that the shooter had a long history of mental illness but was still able to legally buy a gun? That is one huge problem with our gun laws. Maybe I should say our lack of gun control laws.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/us/jacksonville-madden-shooter-katz-mental-health-invs/index.html

David Katz, the shooter who killed two people and wounded 10 others before taking his own life at an e-sports tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, was in treatment for psychiatric issues at least as early as the age of 12, according to family divorce records.

Katz, who was 24, was prescribed a number of psychiatric medications, including an antipsychotic, and saw "a succession of psychiatrists," according to a 2006 letter from the father's attorney. A separate 2006 court filing states that a therapist said David had experienced a "psychiatric crisis."
CNN also obtained police records that show 26 calls for service to the police from the Katz family home in Columbia, Maryland, from 1993 to 2009, for issues ranging from "mental illness" to domestic disputes. At least two of those calls involved Katz arguing with his mother, though none of the reports provided to CNN show any physical violence. The Howard County Police Department declined to release the reports from a number of the incidents, citing statutory restrictions.

I'm pretty sure that most gun owners don't want people who suffer from severe mental illnesses to be able to buy guns. Several of the recent mass shooters have had a history of mental illness but they all purchased their guns legally. This is insane.

Same problem as always--too broad a brush. Most mental illnesses have no bearing on whether someone should be allowed firearms.

However, this guy was taking antipsychotics. That's a good reason to deny him guns.

Look at how we handle driving--severe medical issues have no bearing on whether you can have a driver's license. If a doctor feels you're not safe to drive they tell the DMV and your license gets pulled.

That's the general approach we should use with guns and mental illness.