Originally Posted by
Guisslapp
Just an observation in the wake of the latest mass shooting, 12 killed in a bar in California...by a former Marine. Unfortunately, our former military make up a disproportionate number of the mass shooters relative to their percentage of the population. In other words, the risk ratio of mass shooting violence is much higher for our former military being armed civilians compared to the norm.
Veterans account for 13 percent of the population, but more than a third of the adult perpetrators of the 43 deadliest mass killings since 1984.
That is your “stat of the day” to chew on.
Early reports indicate that this one could be a PTSD issue, which, if so, makes it also part of a larger problem we have with mental health treatment (and firearm access), particularly pertaining to our failings to support our returning service men and women suffering from PTSD.