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In response to Sunday's mass shooting at a Texas church, President Trump 

 the shooting was not "a guns situation," but rather, a problem of mental health. 

 to a Vanderbilt study, between 2001 and 2010, fewer than 5 percent of fatal shootings in the United States were committed by people diagnosed with mental illness. 

, director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University, joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about gun violence, mental health and public perception. 

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In response to Sunday's mass shooting at a Texas church, President Trump said the shooting was not "a guns situation," but rather, a problem of mental health. What's the connection, if any, between gun violence and mental health?

In response to Sunday's mass shooting at a Texas church, President Trump said the shooting was not "a guns situation," but rather, a problem of mental health. What's the connection between mental health and gun violence?

Public perception of mass violence and mental illness often misguided

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