From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

This week, we're bringing you an episode from February 2019, a time when our nation was in the middle of a serious debate on gun

violence and mass shootings, just like it is today. In 2019, the House had just passed

H.R. 8, a bill that focused on background checks. Last week, in response to the horrific mass shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas,

the House passed a wide-ranging gun control bill called the Protect Our Kids Act.

But neither of these bills address important issues that affect gun violence, like mental health,

the breakdown of the American family, media coverage, and more,

all issues that the Heritage Foundation believes are major factors behind school shootings.

In this episode, Amy Swerer and I explained de-institutionalization, which is the mass removal of the

seriously mental ill from inpatient facilities and the start

of America's mental health crisis. Our conversation after this short break. If you're tired of

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What made the shooting at Stoneman Douglas so different than other mass shootings was how quickly students and parents turned their pain into action.

Some are pushing for broader restrictions on Second Amendment rights.

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