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Originally Posted by Mick
He didn't quietly sign it, it was well publicized at the time... and the law that had existed wasn't exactly a fantastic and water tight law and it would not have stopped the shooter yesterday, as that previous law had existed, because he would not have met the criteria to be reported to the national gun background check system.
To have met the reporting checks....
a) They would have to be receiving full disability benefits because of a mental illness and couldn't work and
b) they were unable to manage their own benefits, thus needing the help of a third party to do so.
The teenager accused of the high school shooting in Parkland and killing 17 people, it is very unlikely they would have met either of the criteria laid out to be reported under that prior rule.
Republicans are getting a lot of stick for rescinding that law but it's important to point out that, Democrat Senators, 5 of them to be precise voted with the GOP Senators to reverse it and as already pointed out, it would not have stopped Las Vegas shooting massacre or the Florida shooting yesterday.
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So it wouldn't have caught this guy, but now it's not going to catch anyone
. So what was the rationale? I assume it's been replaced by something much more watertight?
Cheers
Dave