Trump says these mass murders are a mental health issue?
He says we need more institutions. There used to be many more people in our institutions.
All that may be true, but how do you find the mentally ill if there is no background check? How do I know you're not crazy when you buy a gun over the Internet or at a gun show? Why not have a ten-day waiting period so relevant organizations could investigate the gun-buyer to see if he was disqualified from owning a gun? The "red flags" that are being debated would be automatic disqualifiers. They could be expanded to include spousal abuse and/or a criminal record.
How else can we pinpoint the "mentally ill" that Mr Trump talks about?
It will be interesting to see what the NRA thinks of Mr Trump's plan?
I hope he can sell it to them.
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