18/2/18

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Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses

And this, in the wake of yet another mass shooting at a school (I know, I know, "now is not the right time to discuss this").

Trump blamed the tragedy on "a mental health problem", a tactic straight out of the gun lobby's playbook. But then he went on to remove the background checks on mental health.

Actually he started making it easier for mentally ill people to get guns as early as February 2017, when he undid a relevant regulation, so now the Social Security Administration is no longer required to submit the names of certain mentally disabled beneficiaries to a federal agency that conducts gun background checks.

Does not compute. Like nothing the Asshole-In-Chief does.

But of course, it's STILL not the time to talk about these things. And never will be.

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