Less than two weeks after a shooter unloaded 500 rounds at the CDC in Atlanta, RFK Jr gutted that agency's violence prevention research by firing 100 employees. Less than a month later, Charlie Kirk was shot in front of a crowd of 3K at a Utah university. Millions saw the graphic clip online, which ignited a propaganda and disinformation culture war. Meanwhile, yet another child shot his classmates at a Denver high school that same day. 
It's not the guns though, say the GOP pundits and politicians, it's the violent rhetoric from the left, and those hateful transgender antifascists. Just ask RFK Jr. He'll confirm that it's not the guns, but all those kids overmedicated on dangerous antidepressants. 
What are SSRIs anyway, do hurt people hurt people, and do gun laws have any effect?
Show Notes
<a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/no-antidepressants-do-not-provoke-mass-shootings">No, Antidepressants Do Not Provoke Mass Shootings</a>
<a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-33751-001.html">Mental Illness and Lone Actor Terrorism</a>
<a href="https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/mass-shootings-and-mental-illness">Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings? | Columbia University Department of Psychiatry</a>
<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states">Politically-Motivated Violence is Rare in the US</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/health/antidepressants-violence-facts-myths-rfk-wellness">No Statistical Support for SSRI-Mass Shooting Connection</a>
<a href="https://www.wesa.fm/courts-justice/2024-07-18/mass-shooters-political-assassins-similar-profiles">Mass Shooters and Political Assassins Have Similar Profiles</a>
<a href="https://www.theviolenceproject.org/about-us/">The Violence Prevention Project</a>
<a href="https://pt.icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/pdf/characteristics-of-lone-wolf-violent-offenders.pdf">Characteristics of Lone Wolf Violent Offenders</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcw02sEslog">Blackpill Aesthetics: A Crash Course in Meme Extremism</a> 
<a href="http://conspirituality.net/episodes/62-manifesting-something-awful-dale-beran">62: Manifesting Something Awful (w/Dale Beran) — Conspirituality</a>
<a href="https://www.security.org/resources/gun-ownership-statistics/">Gun Purchases by Year</a>
<a href="https://vpc.org/press2/states-with-weak-gun-laws-and-higher-gun-ownership-have-highest-gun-death-rates-in-the-nation-new-data-for-2023-confirm/">Correlation Between States with Weak Laws/High Ownership and Gun Deaths</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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