New U.S. Law To Prevent Mentally Ill Persons From Buying Guns

[Guest guest]

* From the standpoint of buying a gun, I would have to say I don't

particularly care that people with an illness can't buy guns, even though

that does violate their constitutional rights. The real problem to me, is

the database, which is a severe violation of privacy for those who have been

labelled with a stigmatising condition. Its really sad that someone's life

could be ruined by being placed in it. Suddenly, there is a huge pool of

people who would know that someone has what was previously private medical

information.

New U.S. Law To Prevent Mentally Ill Persons From Buying Guns *

January 10, 2008 6:45 a.m. EST

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Icamina - AHN News Writer

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Tighter screening aimed at preventing the severely

mentally ill from buying guns is now mandated by the National Instant Check

System Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, a legislation that drew support

from both the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups.

An estimated 2 million felons and mentally ill people will be added to the

federal background database used to check gun buyers, The Los Angeles Times

reported.

The bill, signed by President Bush late Tuesday, amends the law named after

former White House Press Secretary Brady who was shot in the head

during a 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan, according to

UPI.

The law authorizes up to $1.3 billion in grant money for states to improve

their ability to track and report individuals who shouldn't qualify to buy a

gun legally.

The legislation was enacted in response to a massacre last April when

Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was able to pass a background check and

buy two guns even although a Virginia court had deemed him mentally ill. He

killed 32 people before committing suicide.

[Guest guest]

Plain and simple it's unconstitutional. Period.

Our Founding Fathers would be mortified.

New U.S. Law To Prevent Mentally Ill Persons From

Buying Guns

* From the standpoint of buying a gun, I would have to say I don't

particularly care that people with an illness can't buy guns, even though

that does violate their constitutional rights. The real problem to me, is

the database, which is a severe violation of privacy for those who have been

labelled with a stigmatising condition. Its really sad that someone's life

could be ruined by being placed in it. Suddenly, there is a huge pool of

people who would know that someone has what was previously private medical

information.

New U.S. Law To Prevent Mentally Ill Persons From Buying Guns *

January 10, 2008 6:45 a.m. EST

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Icamina - AHN News Writer

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Tighter screening aimed at preventing the severely

mentally ill from buying guns is now mandated by the National Instant Check

System Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, a legislation that drew support

from both the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups.

An estimated 2 million felons and mentally ill people will be added to the

federal background database used to check gun buyers, The Los Angeles Times

reported.

The bill, signed by President Bush late Tuesday, amends the law named after

former White House Press Secretary Brady who was shot in the head

during a 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan, according to

UPI.

The law authorizes up to $1.3 billion in grant money for states to improve

their ability to track and report individuals who shouldn't qualify to buy a

gun legally.

The legislation was enacted in response to a massacre last April when

Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was able to pass a background check and

buy two guns even although a Virginia court had deemed him mentally ill. He

killed 32 people before committing suicide.