Congress repealed a rule that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy a gun

Oct 3, 2017 9:24 PM

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In February, President Donald Trump and Congress enacted a law that blocked a last-minute regulation from former President Barack Obama’s administration that required the Social Security Administration to disclose to the FBI information about people who are getting disability benefits due to severe mental illness. The rule was meant to make it a bit easier for the FBI to flag those with severe mental illness while doing a background check on a firearm purchase.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/3/14496774/congress-guns-mental-illness

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

This is s bad graph. It skews the data. It’s on the level of the graph that shows the number of times each country has one a Super Bowl.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

Yes cause VOX is reputable news source

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

WTF Switzerland??

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah yeah, we got your agenda. Sorry, we like to keep that right a little bit longer, they're kind of wrecking some of the others ...

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

Life is inherently unsafe

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

This doesn't point out that suicides by gun claim vastly more lives. Guns are about the most successful method so limiting them is helpful.

8 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 5

"but ... but something something spoons make fat". After Sandy Hook, I lost hope that our nation would ever listen to evidence or reason.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 6

I could be wrong but wasn't this about removing rights without due process?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

You don't get due process that companies are accurately reporting your credit history yet it can ruin people's lives

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But you get a letter!

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