Originally Posted by Rochard

Any time they do a "mental health check" the first thing they should check for is if they own firearms. In this case the firearms were legally purchased and registered. Isn't there a database they can instantly check?

We have laws that take away someone's right to drive if they aren't competent; There must be some kind of law to take away handguns if they become a nutcase.

There is a common thread here with mass shootings and it's mental health issues and no one doing anything about it. 99.9% of gun owners never have an issue, but we need laws on the books to restrict nut jobs from getting / owning firearms. This should be common sense but it seems it's not, and it's fought by the IRA at ever step.