Those examples are not accurate. The Cascade mall shooting was done by a very mentally ill person who had many mental health interventions. The St. Cloud one had issues as well. I forget what they were.
Just cuz someone is a Christian does not make them a Christian killer. I would say all if not most mass killers are acting out of rage because of menatl health issues. Things such as abuse
Elliot Rogers parents tried to get him help
Adam Lanza mom tried to get him help
James Holmes mom tired to get him help
Was the kid in Townsville mentally ill? by all accounts yes
Austin H parents ought to have tried to get him help
Was the guy with the vapor gun mentally ill yes
Was Omar mentally ill - three days after his wife went on global news and reported he was bipolar.
Not sure which one this one was the guy that was in the barbor shop going all tangential on them
Was congress woman killer mentally ill yes?
Was the guy that did Rebecca mentally ill yes
Was the Canadian guy that went after cops mentally ill yes
Was Columbine harris on psyc meds yes
Did the mom of the guy who killed the cop in the last week describe her child as suffering with mental illiness - yes.
Was the guy who did the airport deal two weeks ago suffering with depression - yep he blew his brains all around his truck
Does the Cascade Mall guy have history of mental illness yes
Was German airlines pilot suffering with mental illness yes
I could go and on
Suicide in and of itself is mental illness.
The problem IMO is that in America the mindset is using the insanity defense as an excuse.
It is not an excuse - it is a reason- the notion of insanity is from the 1950's - we knew much less about mental illness then
Suicide by cop is mental illness, just changing MO.
Are most mentally ill people violent, from experience no.
Does that translate to mental illness is not behind a lot of the stuff that has happened the last 5 years - mo no.
Does this translate to mentally ill are gonna become mass shooters, it is IMO if you have eggs, you can probably make an omelette