I don't have a good answer. There is quite clear evidence people being treated with SSRIs do many of the mass shootings, but they are only a minute percentage of people on SSRIs obviously.
The problem is when you restrict the rights of people on a basis of "mental illness", then the slope of what is considered "mental illness" slides. The WHO currently considers video game addiction a mental illness, so what, anyone that ever played too much World of Warcraft can't own guns now?
I don't have a good answer. There is quite clear evidence people being treated with SSRIs do many of the mass shootings, but they are only a minute percentage of people on SSRIs obviously.
The problem is when you restrict the rights of people on a basis of "mental illness", then the slope of what is considered "mental illness" slides. The WHO [currently considers video game addiction a mental illness](https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/), so what, anyone that ever played too much World of Warcraft can't own guns now?
I agree Red Flag laws are a bad idea. They will hurt many more innocent people than they will save. There was that somewhat recent case in Maryland where supposedly a guy got into an argument with his sister, she reported him under red flag and hours later police shot him dead in his home. Nationwide Red Flag will result in a LOT more incidents like this.
I have two radical ideas to stop most mass shootings:
Outlaw SSRI's. Most mass shooters were on or withdrawing from them. Why does the media never discuss this direct link between almost all mass shooters?
Maybe the FBI should stop trying to convince nutjobs to commit violence by radicalising people either online or by infiltrating groups, inciting violence and then arresting whackos that go along with it.
Problem solved