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A lot of the reaction to Saturday's shootings in Tucson has focused on whether angry political rhetoric can fuel this kind of violence.  Bob Collins has been writing about the tragedy from a different point of view.  Bob is the author of the NewsCut blog at MPRNews.org.  He's written that this event raises questions about how our society deals with people who have mental illness.

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A lot of the reaction to Saturday's shootings in Tucson has focused on whether angry political rhetoric can fuel this kind of violence.  Bob Collins has been writing about the tragedy from a different point of view.  Bob is the author of the NewsCut blog at MPRNews.org.  He's written that this event raises questions about how our society deals with people who have mental illness.


Mental health should be part of talk post-Arizona shooting

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