Friday, Feb. 23, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 23 February 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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President Trump, conservatives and the National Rifle Association have once again tried to steer the national conversation after a mass shooting to the mental health of the people who pull the triggers, rather than the weapons they use. But how can the mental health system stop gun violence when mental illness is so rarely the cause of it? Guest: Dr. Amy Barnhorst, the vice chairwoman of community psychiatry at the University of California, Davis. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarrow.
0:33.0	This is The Daily.
0:38.0	Today, President Trump, Conservatives and the NRA are all again pointing to mental illness
0:47.8	in response to a school shooting.
0:51.0	But how can the mental health system stop a shooting when most shooters aren't mentally
0:58.0	ill?
0:59.0	It's Friday, February 23rd.
1:06.2	I don't believe that this insane monster should have ever been able to obtain a firearm,
1:13.0	ever.
1:14.0	I do not think that he should have gotten his hands on any kind of weapon.
1:18.9	That's number one.
1:20.8	This individual was nuts.
1:25.2	We don't know right now exactly why this deranged individual did this.
1:29.4	Crazy madman Ben Han-Ebel.
1:31.4	And a wacko came in and shot the five of them.
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