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“It is time to think differently about gun violence as a public health problem. From that perspective, a fair and effective policy should start with risk, not mental illness.”
― Daniel W. Webster, Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

“An estimated 3.5 million people with serious mental illnesses are going without treatment (Kessler et al. 2001). That is scandalous. But mentally ill people are not the cause of the violence problem. If schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression were cured, our society’s problem of violence would diminish by only about 4% (Swanson 1994).”
― Daniel W. Webster, Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis