In his article, "It's Not About Mental Illness: The big lie that always follows shootings by white males" Arthur Chu points out that blaming "mental illness" is a cop-out, and one that lets us avoid talking about race, guns, hatred, and terrorism.
We posted an article a few years back in the Washington Post that pointed out that if mental illness were the culprit, why aren't women and girls shooting up people they don't know. We received a firestorm of hate from it's publication, but obviously, we were right.
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/18/its_not_about_mental_illness_the_big_lie_that_always_follows_mass_shootings_by_white_males/
