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Stop Blaming Newtown Tragedy On Mental Illness

If mental illness were the key factor in multiple gun homicides, other countries would regularly experience similar acts of carnage. But they don’t. Why we need to stop stigmatizing the mentally ill when we talk about the Sandy Hook tragedy.

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