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rainlillie

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Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:25 PM Jun 2017

"Republicans in Congress just made it easier for mentally ill people to get guns"

This should be mentioned by the MSM when discussing the shooting.

"With Washington under complete Republican control, the gun lobby finds itself in an odd position: Without anything to fight against, which is what they usually do, they have to find something to fight for. So what did they come up with? How about making sure that people suffering from mental illnesses can still have access to firearms?

That’s what Republicans did Wednesday. A bill to undo an Obama administration regulation restricting gun access from certain mentally ill people had already passed the House, and Wednesday it passed the Senate."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/15/republicans-in-congress-just-made-it-easier-for-mentally-ill-people-to-get-guns/?utm_term=.e24aa7061993

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"Republicans in Congress just made it easier for mentally ill people to get guns" (Original Post) rainlillie Jun 2017 OP
And todays MFM008 Jun 2017 #1
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