{"id":117,"date":"2017-02-16T00:24:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2017-02-16T00:25:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:25:28","slug":"republicans-block-obama-regulation-preventing-mentaly-ill-from-firearm-purchaseownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/117","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Block Obama Regulation Preventing Mentally Ill From Firearm Purchase\/Ownership…"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/a> \u2014 The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. The measure now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.<\/em><\/p>\n

The regulation was crafted as part of President Barack Obama’s efforts to strengthen the federal background check system in the wake of the 2012 massacre of 20 young students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old man with a variety of impairments, including Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, shot and killed his mother at their home, then went to school where he killed the students, adults and himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The 57-43 vote to revoke the regulation sends the measure to Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n

With a Republican ally in the White House, the GOP has moved aggressively on several fronts to rescind some of the Obama administration’s final regulations on the environment, financial reporting and now guns. Under an expedited process established through the Congressional Review Act, a regulation is made invalid when a simple majority of both chambers pass a joint resolution of disapproval and the president signs it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) spearheaded the repeal effort and said the regulation unfairly stigmatizes the disabled and infringes on their constitutional right to bear arms. He said that the mental disorders covered through the regulation are filled with “vague characteristics that do not fit into the federal mentally defective standard” prohibiting someone from buying or owning a gun.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he didn’t know how he could explain to his constituents that Congress was making it easier rather than harder for people with serious mental illness to have a gun.<\/em><\/p>\n

“If you can’t manage your own financial affairs, how can we expect that you’re going to be a responsible steward of a dangerous, lethal firearm,” Murphy said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) argued that anyone who thinks they’re treated unfairly can appeal, and are likely to win if they’re not a danger to themselves or others. But Grassley said federal law requires a formal hearing and judgment before depriving someone of owning a firearm due to mental illness.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“This heartless resolution puts the most vulnerable Americans at risk,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “Make no mistake, this vote was really about deepening the gun industry’s customer pool, at the expense of those in danger of hurting themselves or others.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again we see the Republicans in congress and the National Rifle Association putting firearms sales ahead of public safety. There exists no\u00a0earthly reason why individuals with a history of mental illness should\u00a0be able to purchase and own firearms.<\/p>\n

Individuals who were put on the list and prevented from purchasing or owning\u00a0a firearm could\u00a0appeal the decision. If they could demonstrate they were no danger to themselves or others they were likely to win their appeal.<\/p>\n

Americans support for stricter firearm control is up sharply.<\/a><\/p>\n

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