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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
I wouldn't mind it if the background checks somehow could see if the person had been prescribed psychotropic drugs, but then we still get back to the same problem of a person being able to obtain a weapon illegally.
So when guns are banned and someone commits a shooting anyways with an illegal weapon I guess people will feel better about the situation and say "Well, at least he didn't do it with a gun he bought legally."
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I personally wouldn't have a problem with that either. I would even be willing to add in that if you were under psychiatric care and the doctor thought you could be dangerous you go on the no gun list. If one day you are doing better you can come off of it.
Like you say, the guy could have still gotten a gun. He could have gone to a gun show and bought a rifle from a private party, but it might have been more difficult for him to get the arsenal he had. If he had been forced to use a 6 shot revolver and a 4 shot hunting rifle he likely would have done a lot less damage.