Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for
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Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses
RW ideology trumps common sense.....unless you're a mentally deranged nutter who needs a gun.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-si...al-n727221
NEWS FEB 28 2017, 8:39 PM ET
Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses
President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.
The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.
Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.
President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns.
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