Don't stigmatize the mentally ill—but don't deny the link to mass shootings either

Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness: According to our research, at least 59% of the 185 public mass shootings that took place in the United States from 1900 through 2017 were carried out by people who had either been diagnosed with a mental disorder or demonstrated signs of serious mental illness prior to the attack. (We define a mass public shooting as