"I don’t see how addressing mental illness is a legitimate solution to reduce mass shootings because that’s something that we can’t prevent from happening. And even if mental illness is a factor, imputing it as the sole culprit is not acceptable for two reasons — one, it’s perpetuating the common misconception that mentally ill people are violent and two, mass shootings are not a common occurrence in countries where mental illness is also prevalent." This is just a preview of our reporters opinion piece on mass shootings. See the full piece at goldengatexpress.org 🎨: @joeydrawsstuff . . #massshooting #parkland #sfstate #sfsu #sfstateuniversity #opinionwriting #studentjournalism