http://www.infowars.com/media-buries-ps ... y-shooter/
Now I'm not so much interested in the media cover-up that InfoWars is supposing here. Rather what interested me was the link the article draws between psychiatric drugs and mass shooters:
Despite every indication that Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was on SSRI drugs that have been linked to dozens of previous mass shootings, the mainstream media has once again avoided all discussion of the issue, preferring instead to blame the tragedy on a non-existent AR-15 that the gunman didn’t even use.
We now know that Alexis “had been treated since August by the Veterans Administration for his mental problems.”
As Mike Adams points out, “This is proof that Aaron Alexis was on psychiatric drugs, because that’s the only treatment currently being offered by the Veterans Administration for mental problems. Alexis’ family members also confirmed to the press that he was being “treated” for his mental health problems.
Across the medical industry, “treatment” is the code word for psychiatric drugging.”
Alexis also suffered from PTSD, blackouts and anger issues – all of which are treated with SSRI drugs. The most common form of treatment for PTSD is Paroxetine, which is listed as the number 3 top violence-causing drug by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP).
The Navy Yard shooter was clearly on some form of psychiatric drug, but the media has shown no interest in discovering its identity.
Despite it being reported that prescription drugs were found in the apartment of ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes days after the Aurora massacre, it took nine months to find out exactly what those drugs were. Like Columbine killer Eric Harris, Holmes had been taking Zoloft, another SSRI drug linked with violent outbursts.
The length of time it took to find out that Holmes was on Zoloft was partly because the media habitually shows zero interest in pursuing the link between anti-depressants and violence.
As the website SSRI Stories profusely documents, there are literally hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and other violent episodes that have been committed by individuals on psychiatric drugs over the past three decades. The number of cases is staggering.
Now, yes the mainstream media worldwide is owned by varying corporate conglomerates. It's outrageous that something vital to our society - like the objectivity of journalism - is compromised by corporate interests.
But the article raises the implications that some medications, used to treat mental illness by psychiatrists, could be contributing to gun violence. Nearly every mass shooter in recent history has been mentally ill by some definition or another. Psychiatry is supposed to help stabilized one's mental illness, not contribute to it's aggravation.
I understand fully why medical privacy needs to be safeguarded in society but do people who are mentally ill and receiving psychiatric "treatment" have the capacity to safely own a firearm? I would say not.
http://www.naturalnews.com/042096_Aaron ... tings.html
Study reveals violence inducing drugs:
http://www.naturalnews.com/031017_viole ... drugs.html
Tracking SSRI violence:
http://www.ssristories.com/index.php
Wouldn't be wise or prudent public policy to exclude gun ownership for people on these violence inducing meds? I am a libertarian and even I understand that not all rights are absolute. Mental health needs to play a vital role in shaping future gun laws. Cho (VA Tech), Holmes (Aurora), Landza (Sandy hook), and now Alexis (DC Navy Yard) were all mentally ill and being treated by psychiatrists for their ailments. So the problem seems to be psychiatry's general failure to elicit mental health in patients seeking treatment and America's dangerously lax gun laws. Something is wrong in our culture when we fail to meet the needs of the mentally ill - instead trying to either correct a fictional "chemical imbalance" with meds like SSRIs or placate them into malleability with tranqs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8138893.stm
http://www.academyanalyticarts.org/fores.htm
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the ... depression