Firearm shootings and psychotropic drugs in minors

Letters from America 4

A recent issue of the Disinformation Chronicle discussed the relationship between shootings with firearms and exposure to psychotropic drugs in minors.

The issue is partly mired in the usual politics as Secretary Kennedy first raised it, and then it was summarily dismissed as “absurd” by an authoritative academic.

TTE is not interested in politics, as our readers well know. We are interested in evidence and asking whether this null hypothesis is testable. If so, how?

To keep the issue focused, let’s look at the situation in the US. The FBI defines an active shooter as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.” Implicit in this definition is that the subject’s criminal actions involve the use of firearms”.

An important issue that is widely covered each time by the media. So much so that in 2013, US President Obama initiated a mandate for federal investigation of mass shootings. As a consequence, the FBI produces annual and con…