Trump is focusing on mental illness so he won’t offend the NRA

"Mental illness is certainly a problem in this country. But hate is not a mental illness. Neither is murder."

Americans are 25x more likely to die by gun homicide than in peer countries. It's not because of mental illness; it's because of lax gun laws. https://t.co/dLejvqZTfl

— Everytown (@Everytown) August 16, 2019

After a week at his golf club, and with the conversation around Dayton and El Paso waning, Trump has — at least publicly — scaled back his emphasis on reforms to the nation's gun laws. Instead, he focused almost exclusively on the issue of mental health. https://t.co/YhQG5xWULH

— CNN (@CNN) August 16, 2019

Watch what Trump does, not what he says: On February 28, 2017 Trump signed his first bill as President of the United States – a bill to roll back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.#DonTheConhttps://t.co/YhNLqdT8Cl

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) August 16, 2019

People who have a history of risky or dangerous behavior are far more likely to commit gun violence than a person diagnosed with mental illness.

“Routinely blaming mass shootings on mental illness is unfounded and stigmatizing,” APA says. https://t.co/xQo7FWv16g

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 7, 2019

Trump says the U.S. should build more psychiatric institutions in response to rising gun violence https://t.co/N3leKVyxzV

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 15, 2019