Basically, the rule was for people not mentally capable of managing their own affairs would require an extended background check but I guess that's just too much for some people to accept, because apparently nothing should infringe on the right to bear arms including mental competence

They are afraid of a 5 year old refugee but not a paranoid schizophrenic with a gun.

that they were training the children to be killers.

Has to be real, was on FauxNews

Last thing we need is more ways to buy them.

I'm here all week!

if she had access to a gun. She would pass a background check that doesn't take into consideration that she needs a rep payee, because she's never been involuntarily committed or arrested. But she's a rapid cycling bipolar with poor impulse control who goes into extreme rages in some stages that are either directed inwards suicidally or outwards towards myself and other family members.

Fortunately for us, as rep payee I pay all her bills directly and give her discretionary spending money in small enough amounts she'd never have enough for even the cheapest saturday night special if the thought crossed her mind. But every situation is different and this is a very poor decision, someone will die because of this.

This regulation applied to people who'd had just an administrative hearing, not an adjudication of incompetence, nor an involuntary commitment.

That pesky 14th amendment, getting in the way.