2017, trump reversed rule banning guns to mentally ill
x-posted from gen disc https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017549611
today 2019: Trump says mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton are a mental illness problem
then 2017: Trump signs bill reversing Obama rule to ban gun purchases by mentally ill
today 2019: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/04/trump-says-hate-has-no-place-in-our-country-after-shootings-in-dayton-and-el-paso.html
then 2017: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/28/trump-sign-bill-blocking-obama-gun-rule/98484106/
lark
(24,214 posts)So by extension, he wants more people to be killed and that's why he removed the ban so people with mental illness can get guns. That's the only conclusion - he wants massacres, especially of minorities, and is creating conditions so this can happen more easily. It's really chilling & scary how malevolent he is to the American people.
#Blue2020 - for life!!
delisen
(6,515 posts)MartinLane
(37 posts)My ad blocker is blocking your link.
It is this rule enacted by Obama that Trump reversed?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/obama-trump-mental-illness-gun-rule-
fact-check/index.html
The Obama administration's rule, which took effect two days before Trump's inauguration, restricted people who required help managing government benefits and had a mental impairment from buying guns. That includes those with eating disorders, cognitive impairments and depression. Multiple disability groups, along with the American Civil Liberties Union opposed the regulation.
Are you talking about the rule the ACLU opposed?
billh58
(6,641 posts)gunner...