I am soooo sick of politicians AND 'experts in the field' jumping on the "the shooter was mentally ill, if you see someone with a problem or read a disturbing post on any social media platform REPORT IT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIS IMMEDIATELY!"
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the US
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. (46.6 million) experiences mental illness in a given year.1
Approximately 1 in 25 adults in the U.S. (11.2 million) experiences a serious mental illness in a given year that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities.2
Approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 (21.4%) experiences a severe mental disorder at some point during their life. For children aged 8–15, the estimate is 13%.3
1.1% of adults in the U.S. live with schizophrenia.4
2.6% of adults in the U.S. live with bipolar disorder.5
6.9% of adults in the U.S.—16 million—had at least one major depressive episode in the past year.6
18.1% of adults in the U.S. experienced an anxiety disorder such as posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and specific phobias.7
Among the 20.2 million adults in the U.S. who experienced a substance use disorder, 50.5%—10.2 million adults—had a co-occurring mental illness.8
so that's total bullshit, all good citizens should monitor and track millions and millions of their fellow citizens and stop this carnage in its tracks?
the only recourse is to stop selling assault rifles altogether (the shooter's weapon of choice every time), pass legislation requiring existing assault rifles be registered with federal authorities, ban high capacity magazines, mark and trace bullets with microscopic codes - we're going backwards on this one, the Gun Control Act of 1968 required all retailers to log ammunition sales and prohibited all mail-order purchases. (The restrictions were lifted two decades later by President Reagan’s Firearms Owners Protection Act.)
https://www.rand.org/blog/2016/09/tracing-firearms-and-ammunition.html
I don't see the country passing laws to do any of that until we have a Democratic president and Congress...….and impeach Kavanaugh to get new laws through the SCOTUS