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Originally Posted by oldE
How about an interview and a realistic check into applicable medical records before someone is granted the right to purchase a firearm? True, this is not the perfect filter, but I would expect some sort of competency test.
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We're not "granted a right" to purchase anything here. The rights are already ours, not the government's to grant us. That said, the problem here is when to label someone a threat to themselves or others. This perp is pretty young and was already known as a loose screw. But nothing he had done until Saturday had risen to the level of getting him into the disqualified category that would have shown up in a NICS check. And even had been turned away when trying to buy a gun, he could have bought one on the street far more easily and for probably a lot less money. The guy was a determined madman. No law is going to stop someone like that unles they get committed and stay confined. And I don't see anyone claiming we need to step up involuntary committals. They'd rather pass more meaningless gun laws, which will do nothing to stop this from happening again. And so this kind of thing will happen once in a while.