Friday, February 03, 2017

No, the GOP Did Not Just Repeal the Background Check System or Give Guns to the Mentally Ill

No, the GOP Did Not Just Repeal the Background Check System or Give Guns to the Mentally Ill
Misleading news. "The House did indeed reverse an Obama-era rule yesterday afternoon, but that rule was neither “gun-buyers must obtain background checks” nor “the mentally ill are barred from buying guns,” and the measure was by no means an NRA initiative. The NRA was supportive, of course — that’s why it exists. But so was the American Civil Liberties Union. So were a host of disability groups. So was much of the medical community. And, unusually for a Second Amendment question, this one didn’t break down along the usual political lines."

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