i respectfully disagree with this take. I also don't think the US has mental health issues like everyone does - not in my experience. I think many Americans are far worse off mentally than other places. We have little safety nets like other places, healthcare is a bankruptcy trap, and well, just generally speaking many Americans are just living paycheck to paycheck. Its simply not like that in the Netherlands or Australia or elsewhere. the US was also the first country to be interneted. And thats a real thing. We ran full fucking speed into it. We are like 5 years advanced in terms of the fire social media has ignited on our stupidity.
But really saying its not mental health isn't a winning argument which is the biggest reason I don't like this take. You will just continue with one side "guns" the other side "mental health" and nothing will happen.
If I get into this convo with anyone my stance is always - its a guns access and mental health problem and doing what we can to limit these two things coming together to cause a mass shooting. So what actions can we take in each arena?
And I agree with @jimmyjazz too - gun culture is also fucking weird and in and of itself a mental health issue. You are worshipping a instrument that is used to kill. Plain and simple.