FactCheck.org Asserts Assumptions and Misconstrues Mental Health to Allege a False Claim

In a recent article titled "Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings", FactCheck.org (FCO) misleadingly describes mental health as mental illness to falsely claim that the mental health concerns of officials is irrelevant.  In the article, FCO states that: In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks.  Subsequently, they list the views of former President Donald Trump, who is not an official n…