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House Rolls Back Obama Era Gun Control Regulation
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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The House voted to roll back an Obama era regulation that mandated the Social Security Administration reveal information about people with mental illness through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The measure passed 235 to 180.
The intention of the regulation, put forth during the final days of President Obama’s term, instructed the SSA to show information about individuals with mental illnesses would be deemed incapable of owning a firearm.
However, critics of the rule say that the SSA went out of bounds with the regulation and denied due process to Americans with disabilities. |
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Sosalty
(2/4/2017)
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This wording has some spin to it. No, they're not rolling back the mental ill label. They're rolling back a declaration that folks who can't handle their finances equates to a mentally ill label, without any due process. Our govt should never eliminate citizen rights by adopting a list of names. |
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