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The link leads to a study that mentally ill people aren't prone to more violence, rather the opposite is the case. Yes this includes people who use SSRI. In terms of mass shootings, all of them used guns. By the same logic, they are just as much a problem. Improving the medical system is nice and well but as long as it's possible to easily acquire a firearm at your leisure the tragedies will keep continuing.
As for US vs Heller, Scalia also notes that "nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms." This is far away from the pro-gun stance that the second amendment is a multi-purpose shield against any and all regulations.
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