If the past behavior of the anti-gun crowd is any indication, yes, they will continue to push for control, even if other behavioral causes are found. It isn't about the lives lost, it is about control. Otherwise, IMHO, there would be more concern over other causes of death as well.baldeagle wrote:Here's an article that points out thatBy the time these children become teenagers, who knows what sort of behaviors they will have? Some of them will almost certainly become violent, given the evidence.The number of children taking powerful antipsychotic drugs has nearly tripled over the last 10 to 15 years, according to recent research. The increase comes not because of an epidemic of schizophrenia or other forms of serious mental illness in children, but because doctors are increasingly prescribing the drugs to treat behavior problems, a use not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). And a disproportionate number of those prescriptions are written for poor and minority children, some as young as age 2.The handwriting is on the wall. The question is, will mass shootings continue to be used as excuses for gun control? Or will we begin to investigate the potential cause of these behaviors and take action to prevent them before they occur?Of the 1937 total case reports of violence toward others, there were 387 cases of homicide, 404 physical assaults, 27 cases of physical abuse, 896 reports of homicidal ideation, and 223 cases of "violence related symptoms."
The adverse events reported to the FDA are known to represent but a tiny fraction of all such adverse events. This study simply identified 31 drugs responsible for most of the FDA case reports of violence toward others, with antidepressants near the top of that list.
In light of this finding, the many past shootings at school campuses and other public venues should perhaps be investigated anew by government officials, with an eye toward ascertaining whether psychotropic use may have, in the manner of an adverse event, triggered that violence.
