Skull Pilot
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And mass illings account for about 1% of all murders
Number of kids on meds, and number of kids who shoot and kill large number of peers or commit suicide = what %?
What % not on meds who shoot and kill large numbers of peers or commit suicide = what %?
The medication is the cause of mass shooting in schools is one more effort to blame something other than guns.
Lets take a look at your questions:
Number of kids on meds, and number of kids who shoot and kill large number of peers or commit suicide = what %?
8,000,000 american children are on these meds daily, the number of of kids that kill large numbers while on the drug are minuscule, but, although still minuscule, the number that commit murder or other violent crime is exponentially higher. They are 50% more likely to Murder or Commit other violent crimes than those not on the drug.
What % not on meds who shoot and kill large numbers of peers or commit suicide = what %?
90% of all school shootings are done by those on these Medications. But since not all school shooters have had these reports released, we can assume it to be higher.
less than 10% then would be those not on these meds.
more than 90% vs, less than 10%
But we can look at another damning statistic. 1000 to 1500 teen additional teen suicides each year are linked to this class of medication. That is larger than ALL SCHOOL SHOOTINGS COMBINED.
Hope this answered your questions.
Well, since there is no credible link, my answer is no, my question was not answered.
In statistics we learned that correlation does not equate to cause, so any study must take into consideration dozens of variables and even then test for the reliability and validity of their conclusions.
I knew your answer before I posted. Denial of the obvious is not a statisticians best attribute.
A gun is involved in more school mass murder than by knives, cars, bombs, arson, bow and arrows, poisons, cafeteria food and mustard gas. The probability of future mass killings is that a gun will be used, before anyone of these other means of murder are employed.
So why the obsession over 1% when even if you prevent them all there will be no meaningful reduction in the murder rate?
Murder is murder whether it happens individually or in a group whether it happens with a gun or a baseball bat.