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From Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's report regarding national mental health survey, about 1 in 5 Americans experience mental illness in a given year, and 1 in 25 Americans lives under severe mental health problem, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. However, mental illness is not the major cause of gun violence. According to statistics, the United States, with similar rate of mental illness to other high-income countries, has relatively higher rate of firearm homicide, which is approximately 25 times higher; firearm suicide is also 10 times higher than other high-income countries. Even though there are about 14 million people with serious mental illness in the United States, they only take up a small portion of the perpetrator of mass shootings in the nation. Moreover, by eliminating mental illness, the nation's rate of violence would be decreased only by 3%.

Robb Elementary School Shooting
On May 24, 2022, Salvador Rolando Ramos shot his grandmother and then entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, through a door that is not properly closed. After entering the school, Salvador Rolando Ramos fired over 100 rounds, which resulted in the death of 19 students and 2 teachers. A 11-year-old girl survived by play dead, which she smeared herself with others' blood. Moreover, before Salvador Rolando Ramos killed one of the teacher, “Good night,” he said indifferently. Two days after the mass shooting, Joe, the husband of a teacher named Garcia killed during the shooting, had died due to heart attack. This mass shooting had again drew government's and society's attention toward gun violence and control. This mass shooting had again drew government's and society's attention toward gun violence and control. There are debates raised after the mass shooting regarding gun control, which the society urged the government to release more gun control laws and reinforce the background checks.