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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (www.theonion.com)

submitted 11 months ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] 9thSun@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, there are states that will deny someone a firearms license if they have been to a mental facility within a certain period of time. Even after that amount of time is up, you have to take a psych eval before being able to reapply for the license. So, the way I see it, what I'm saying isn't too far off from being implemented.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's not impossible, nor necessarily all that difficult. States just need to make it somebody's job, and set up a system that funnels them the information about troubled people, and gives them the resources and authority to act on it.