Experts say young people are in crisis, and access to guns is too easy.
over the last two years. The city isn’t alone, as Vancouver and Toronto are also seeing spikes in gun violence.
“They seem to be more turning problems in a conflictual way, rather than developing good problem-solving skills,” she said. “So many of them seem lost and so many of them seem more prone to solving their problems through violence, rather than discourse.” She said blaming a person’s mental state is an easy way out for people who don’t want to look at the greater problems in society.
Heidi Rathjen, a gun-control advocate and a survivor of the Polytechnique massacre, agreed that mental health should not be blamed for most gun deaths.Article content
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