https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/17/the-facts-about-mass-shootings/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:21:30 -0400<![CDATA[First, the mental-health issue. A lengthy study by Mother Jones magazine found that at least 38 of the 61 mass shooters in the past three decades “displayed signs of mental health problems prior to the killings.” New York Times columnist David Brooks and Cornell Law School professor William Jacobsen have both suggested that the ACLU-inspired laws that make it so difficult to intervene and identify potentially dangerous people should be loosened. “Will we address mental-health and educational-privacy laws, which instill fear of legal liability for reporting potentially violent mentally ill people to law enforcement?” asks Professor Jacobsen. “I doubt it.”]]>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:00:11 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/17/the-facts-about-mass-shootings-n98341