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Cattledog

(5,919 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 01:02 PM Oct 2017

Remember, Trump revoked Obama's gun check for people with mental illnesses.

So don't expect anything to change.

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Remember, Trump revoked Obama's gun check for people with mental illnesses. (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2017 OP

But did the shooter have a mental illness history? Kablooie Oct 2017 #1

It shows Trumps servility to the gun lobby... Cattledog Oct 2017 #2

That is not actually true hack89 Oct 2017 #3

Snopes says... Dr. Strange Oct 2017 #4

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)

1. But did the shooter have a mental illness history?

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 01:05 PM

Oct 2017

As of now I haven't seen any report of this so it wouldn't have made a difference in this case.

Cattledog

(5,919 posts)

2. It shows Trumps servility to the gun lobby...

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 01:18 PM

Oct 2017

hack89

(39,171 posts)

3. That is not actually true

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 01:21 PM

Oct 2017

Obama issued a very limited EO regarding the VA and people that need others to manage their finances. If you are adjudicated as mentally ill you cannot get a gun. Those laws never changed.

Dr. Strange

(25,924 posts)

4. Snopes says...

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 01:49 PM

Oct 2017

http://www.snopes.com/congress-gun-legal-mental/

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