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Originally Posted by Mr Banana
According to Trump today - So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!
Trump in Feb 2017 - President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.
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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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Originally Posted by Damien
It appears the shooter was part of a white nationalist group
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But he killed white kids/Adults, I don't think it matters who he was affiliated to, he was firing indiscriminately, everybody was a target to him.
He was also said to be known to the FBI who are said to have investigated a reporting about a threat made on a Youtube video saying he wanted to become a professional school shooter.