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| Complained for years the public educ system is stacked with left wingers......not sure about filling their hands with guns----but on the other hand, it might start a flush of the system to those who would appreciate the responsibility.
Another solution.....enforce the laws already on the books since the 60's..........and get the states to supply the data: the Gun Control Act of 1968 — specifically people who have been involuntarily committed, found by a court to be incompetent or dangerous, or those who’ve already committed a crime but were found not guilty by reason of insanity.
According to Gostin & Record (2011), recent Supreme Court rulings generally push states to “regulate dangerous persons rather than dangerous firearms” but that existing gun restrictions pertaining to individuals with mental illnesses are ineffective.
They are ineffective because the states are not cooperating in sending the names of those who should be denied the opportunity to purchase firearms under the 1968 statute:
A federal database with the names of mentally ill people barred from buying guns still lacks millions of records it needs to be effective. A new report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns points to gaps in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
The problem is that 14 years after NICS was put in place, states still aren’t submitting all the required mental health records.
“I think that those states are doing a disservice to their citizens,” says Lori Haas, whose daughter Emily was injured in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. “They’re not doing what they can to protect public safety and to keep firearms out of the hands of potentially dangerous people.” | |
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A solution to minimize school shootings
