On Monday, the president of the American Psychological Association, Antonio E. Puente, PhD, issued a statement decrying President Trump for referring to attacks such as the massacre at a Texas church on Sunday a mental health problem, opining, “Calling this shooting a ‘mental health problem’ distracts our nation’s leaders from developing policies and legislation that would focus on preventing gun violence through a scientific, public health approach.”
On Monday in Japan, Trump was asked whether U.S. gun control measures could have been the key to the Texas shooting. He replied, “Mental health is your problem here. This isn’t a guns situation. … This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It’s a very, very sad event.”
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