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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Texas Shooting Was 'Mental Health' Problem Not A 'Guns Situation,' Trump Says
The Washington Post: Trump Says Texas Shooting Is A Problem Of Mental Health, Not Guns
President Trump declared that the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Tex. that left at least 26 people dead was not “a guns situation,” saying instead he believed that “mental health” was the problem. Trump’s comments came at a news conference in Tokyo, when he was asked about the shooting at a South Texas church and if stricter gun laws were the answer. (Parker, 11/6)
Politico: Trump: Texas Shooting Result Of ‘Deranged Individual,’ ‘Isn’t A Guns Situation’
“This is a mental health problem at the highest level,” the president said during a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe when asked what policies he would propose in response to the tragedy. “This was a very deranged individual,” Trump said, adding, “We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries. This isn’t a guns situation.” (Restuccia, 11/6)
The New York Times: Gun Death Rate Rose Again In 2016, C.D.C. Says
The rate of gun deaths in the United States rose in 2016 to about 12 per 100,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Friday. That was up from a rate of about 11 for every 100,000 people in 2015, and it reflected the second consecutive year that the mortality rate in that category rose in the United States. (Hauser, 11/4)
