It's all been a focused phalanx on guns.
They are as sure as one can be that it is about the guns. They've said as much. They've spent untold hours and energy in talking about "assault weapons", and every other element of the "hardware".
And what do they have to say about mental health?
"...mental health solutions alone can't thwart gun violence."
So.........don't you effing republicans even dare to posit the notion that this can all be taken care of with mental health solutions. Nuh huh....not gonna let you even hint at that thought. No way. So don't even try.
Uhhh.....earth to HuffPo and all of you other breathless progs:
No one on the right is forwarding the argument that, "...mental health solutions alone CAN thwart gun violence."
The Huffington Post reported today that mental health solutions alone can't thwart gun violence.
[B]y shifting the debate away from gun control and toward mental health concerns, proponents run the risk of further stigmatizing mental illness, discouraging those who confront it from seeking professional help. "Most gun violence is just not committed by people with mental illness, were we somehow to stop violence by anyone with a mental illness -- as unlikely as that outcome might be -- we would be safer, but only a teeny bit safer. As much as these incidents attract everybody's attention and concern, they are...
What republicans have said is that there needs to be some attention to this area-----with commensurate relinquishing of YOUR ONE DIMENSIONAL ATTACK ON GUNS AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
That's what your opposition has been sayin'...