Paul Ryan's solution to gun violence: mental health

[cyclonefence]

2. Honestly, I don't understand what he is talking about

First of all, I don't know how many mass shooters had been diagnosed with mental illness, and if they'd been diagnosed, then they were at least in the system, right? One has to assume in that case that they'd been treated, or been offered treatment, or had treatment recommended to them. If they underwent treatment and still committed mass murder, then what Paul Ryan? And if they refused or couldn't afford treatment, then should the government force them into treatment, or at least pay for treatment? We know the Republicans don't want to pay for treatment, and we know that it's not therapeutic to force someone into treatment who doesn't want to be treated.

Is he assuming all mass shooters suffer from a mental illness? Then why do the Republicans want people with mental illness to be able to buy guns?

I just don't know what the hell his point is. Well, yes I do. It's "I will say anything, no matter how nutty, to avoid working on gun control."