I suspect that both the willingness to attribute shootings to "evil" and the reluctance to address mental health both stem from the religious belief that still

I suspect that both the willingness to attribute shootings to "evil" and the reluctance to address mental health both stem from the religious belief that still pervades American society to a much greater extent than it does other western countries. I have actually had a person tell me that this is a "sin-sick country" as his explanation for the recent event. Perhaps things will improve gradually as the population becomes less religious.