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[Bruce Springsteen]

Nothing will ever change regarding gun laws until it actually affects the members of Congress individually. That is the sad state that we live in

 

[jb1234]

Hooray for due process!

This is the right decision.

It's so obvious that people are not reading the thread, and not following the story closely at all, just coming in with "NRA bad...blah blah" knee jerk reactions.

Look at Mammoth's posts in the first page. Click a link. See why disability organizations and the ACLU support this move. At least give a thought to a nuanced issue that cannot be just based on "Obama good, Republicans bad."

It was a deeply flawed rule and probably deserved its fate. That said, I don't have a lot of faith in the GOP to craft up a new one.

 

[samn]

Mentally ill people aren't violent. For heavens sakes.

 

[Suikoguy]

Mentally ill people aren't violent. For heavens sakes.

I was thinking more along the lines of accidental.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Mentally ill people aren't violent. For heavens sakes.

they CAN be, that's the point. No is saying all mentally ill people are violent

 

[Ray Wonder]

they CAN be, that's the point. No is saying all mentally ill people are violent

That's why you have to screen them appropriately! And that's why this vote is the correct vote.

 

[Llyranor]

It's not just violence towards other people, but also themselves. A suicidal depression person with easy access to a gun is a bad recipe.

That's why you have to screen them appropriately! And that's why this vote is the correct vote.

But aside from trying to destroy the healthcare system, are the Republicans trying to do anything about increased screening and background checks and better access to mental health care?

 

[RedAssedApe]

^ yup. repeal and "replace"

except they don't have anything to replace anything with or are likely unwilling to (i.e. better gun control laws)

 

[Ray Wonder]

It's not just violence towards other people, but also themselves. A suicidal depression person with easy access to a gun is a bad recipe.

But aside from trying to destroy the healthcare system, are the Republicans trying to do anything about increased screening and background checks and better access to mental health care?

I'm democrat, this is a different situation though. And no I don't think they are.