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Originally Posted by Hawkeye
LOL, did you even read that poorly written article? It mentioned one thing "Trump" has done, and it was also backed by a lot of senators and the Civil Liberties Union because the description of "Mental Illness" was poorly defined and would lead to less people getting help for mental illnesses they may have.
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How did it lead to less people getting help for mental illnesses? Genuine question; I'm not that familiar with Obama's resolution. All I know is that we've been talking for a long time that mentally ill people should not be getting guns. That the problem wasn't the guns but the people. So Obama tried to implement a stopgap measure (resolution, as opposed to legislation) to tie mental health history to gun purchases. Was it perfect? No. Was it overbroad? Probably. But it was better than nothing, as a temporary measure.
Trump erased it, but never pushed for something better conceived. He's going to face this question now (as well as his pro-NRA stance during his campaign), which is going to temporarily push his tax reform bill to back-burner.