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Obama Finalizes Gun Ban For Segment of Social Security Recipients
2016-12-24
Current law prohibits individuals from buying a gun if, because of a mental health issue, they are either a danger to themselves or others or are unable to manage their own affairs.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to ensure that appropriate information in its records is reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The reporting that SSA, in consultation with the Department of Justice, is expected to require will cover appropriate records of the approximately 75,000 people each year who have a documented mental health issue, receive disability benefits, and are unable to manage those benefits because of their mental impairment, or who have been found by a state or federal court to be legally incompetent.

The rulemaking will also provide a mechanism for people to seek relief from the federal prohibition on possessing a firearm for reasons related to mental health.
Unconstitutional. Period. Shoot it down.
Posted by:Spineque Sneling2400

#11  Then we do need protection from gun-wielding libmedheads.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-24 23:23  

#10  McClatchy reports that following the shock of the election, liberals in increasing numbers have been buying guns and taking shooting courses.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-12-24 23:07  

#9  Sorry JC but that is just the camels nose, or a hair of the camels nose. It's called precedence. Once they establish precedent of denying the 2nd for one group for a subjective medical reason they will start expanding it to include other subjective conditions. Each widening the breach just a little bit.

It's how we ended up with something like Roe vs Wade. Or any number of Federal incursions into states rights
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-12-24 22:51  

#8  I think the rule as written is fine. We're only talking about people on full disability for mental illness AND who have a legal gaurdian because they are incompetent. If they can't sign their own checks or manage their own affairs, maybe they shouldn't possess firearms. The worry is, of course, this is just one small step toward the ultimate goal of banning firearms completely. But we should consider reasonable acts like this.
Posted by: JC   2016-12-24 21:03  

#7  Obumble and most liberals should be barred from owning guns.

In true limo-liberal fashion they simply stand behind their phalanx of heavily armed guards and demand that everyone else be disarmed.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-12-24 15:54  

#6  I watch some news..what I have yet to see is a retiree on SS shooting up the street in a drive by. Winning The Future.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2016-12-24 15:36  

#5  What if they are psychotic? They don't need guns.

Same argument for children.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-24 13:47  

#4  I'm surprised he didn't open up the licensing to force the future retaliation against Republicans after they were forced to tighten it back up.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-24 13:46  

#3  And, of course, deplorables are insane.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-12-24 08:16  

#2  Given that description, Obumble and most liberals should be barred from owning guns.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-12-24 08:07  

#1  What if they are psychotic? They don't need guns.
Posted by: gorb   2016-12-24 00:47  

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