After mall shooting, Texas Gov. Abbott says the nation's 'mental health crisis' must be addressed. In a statement, Pres. Biden again calls for a ban on assault-style weapons and other legislative changes.
May 7, 2023, 2:54 PMGo Nakamura/Reuters, FILE-- by focusing on the importance of mental health treatment and prayer.
"One thing that we can observe very easily is that there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence that's taking place in America. And what Texas is doing, in a big-time way, we're working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health crisis behind it," Abbott said.
"Those are people that don't believe in an almighty God who is absolutely in control of our lives. I'm a Christian, I believe that he is. We have people, though, with mental health [problems] that we're not taking care of," Self said on CNN on Saturday.
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