Now you know that I am thinking about getting a small gun, due to all of the break-ins in my neighborhood... Why should I force others to agree that it is ok to carry it around even in areas where kids were murdered by a nut job who got a gun handed to him in seconds....
murdered by a nut job who got a gun handed to him in seconds....
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Trump Repeals Rule Designed To Block Gun Sales To Certain Mentally Ill People
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/opinion/congress-says-let-the-mentally-ill-buy-guns.html?_r=0
“The Republicans are so hypocritical on this issue,” said Senator Christopher Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut. He has fought for both stronger gun controls and better mental health care in the aftermath of the 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Conn. A mentally troubled individual used a legally purchased assault weapon and shot to death 20 children and six school workers. The disability rule was a response to that tragedy after Congress refused to tighten gun safety laws.
It's easier to get a gun than to get a puppy
It's easier to get a gun than to get a puppy - CNN.com
Huge list of a diagnosed mentally ill person buying a gun..
Air Force base shooting Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington 6/20/1994 1994 Former airman Dean Allen Mellberg, 20, opened fire inside a hospital at the Fairchild Air Force Base before he was shot dead by a military police officer outside. 5 23 28 Military Yes
He was repeatedly diagnosed with emotional problems during his two years of service. Yes Gun dealer in Spokane, Wash
Long Island Rail Road massacre Garden City, New York 12/7/1993 1993 Colin Ferguson, 35, opened fire on an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train as it approached a Garden City station. He was later arrested. 6 19 25 Other Yes Psychiatrists and others said he suffered from
racial paranoia and was obsessed with nonexistent conspiracies. His landlord said he had "delusions of grandeur." Yes Turner's Outdoorsman in Signal Hill, Calif. One semiautomatic handgun
Watkins Glen killings Watkins Glen, New York 10/15/1992 1992 John T. Miller, 50, killed four child-support workers in a county office building before turning the gun on himself. Miller was upset about a court order garnishing his paycheck to cover overdue child-support payments. 5 0 5 Other
Yes The day before the shooting, he told child-support collection office workers that he was considering suicide. He had been convicted of felonious assault for pointing a revolver at police officers responding to a domestic violence report at this girlfriend's apartment. Yes
Royal Oak postal shootings Royal Oak, Michigan 11/14/1991 1991 Laid-off postal worker Thomas McIlvane, 31, opened fire at his former workplace before committing suicide. 5 5 10 Workplace Yes Police revoked his CCW permit after determining he was mentally unstable. Yes Local gun store One rifle .22-caliber Ruger sawed-off semiautomatic rifle white Male
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/15/us/ex-postal-worker-kills-3-and-wounds-6-in-michigan.html; Monday ceremony marks 20 years since post office shooting in Royal Oak http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/15/us/ex-postal-worker-kills-3-and-wounds-6-in-michigan.html 42.4894801 -83.1446485 Mass
University of Iowa shooting Iowa City, Iowa 11/1/1991 1991 Former graduate student Gang Lu, 28, went on a rampage on campus and then committed suicide at the scene. 6 1 7 School Unclear
He was described as darkly disturbed and isolated.
Standard Gravure shooting Louisville, Kentucky 9/14/1989 1989 Joseph T. Wesbecker, 47, gunned down eight people at his former workplace before committing suicide. 9 12 21 Workplace Yes Prior to the shooting, he had voluntarily
checked into hospitals for mental problems at least twice and attempted suicide three times. Yes AK-47 purchased from Tilford's Gun Sales in Louisville, Ky.
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Mother Jones' Investigation: US Mass Shootings, 1982-2016
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