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Bill Lee: “The vast majority of people living with mental illness are not violent and also that the vast majority of violence is…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
The vast majority of people living with mental illness are not violent and also that the vast majority of violence is not caused by people with mental illness.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes that most individuals with mental illness are not violent.

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