Killer within Why do media avoid reporting mass shooters' meds? Millions take psychiatric medications drugs. It's silly and conspiratorial to link them to violence Because they are irrelevant. What's relevant is the open access to guns Because there's no proven link. If there were, the manufacturers would have already been sued out of existence The shooters' medical information is protected by privacy laws and is hard to obtain So many Americans are on meds. Reporting a link to shootings would cause panic Because they're lazy -- just blaming guns is so much easier When you're against the Second Amendment, everything looks like a gun-control story Like sex harassment, the dark side of these medications won't be reported until iy rises in the national consciousness Big pharma buys a lot of advertising Other View Results Loading ...