SHITLER "consoles" after he signed/02-28-17 revocation of OBAMA's gun checks for mental illness

[UTUSN]

Last edited Thu Feb 15, 2018, 09:30 PM - Edit history (1)

Edited thread title to correct the date of signing. It was in a news feed for TODAY, making it seem the "consoling" today happened on the same day.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221?cid=public-rss_20180215

Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses

The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.

Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.

President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns. ....

Everytown For Gun Safety President John Feinblatt said he expected more gun control rollbacks from the Trump administration. In a statement to NBC News, he called the action "just the first item on the gun lobby’s wish list" and accused the National Rifle Association of "pushing more guns, for more people, in more places." ....

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. These people gave up their souls a long time ago.

[LisaM]

2. I've seen this going around, but he actually signed the bill in February 2017, not two days ago.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres40

Which in a way makes it worse - it would have obviously made the guns more available to the shooter.

[Generic Brad]

3. Right

I recall this as his first official act as President. Trump and the GOP own this 100%.

[UTUSN]

5. Thanks, I corrected the title. This item was in NBC's feed for news/TODAY. Didn't look at the date.

[LisaM]

6. I think they are being deliberately misleading. I've seen it forwarded several times.

I had to actually go look up the bill, because the article was really unclear (I think purposefully), and they really imply this just happened.

[lunasun]

4. It doesn't say he consoled anybody but the NRA that day

Trump signed the bill into law without a photo op or fanfare. The president welcomed cameras into the oval office Tuesday for the signing of other executive orders and bills. News that the president signed the bill was tucked at the bottom of a White House email alerting press to other legislation signed by the president.
FIRST PUBLISHED FEB 28 2017, 8:36 PM ET

[spanone]

7. i hope someone asked the white house about this today....

it's pretty fucking unbelievable that he would go out and mention mental illness after doing that...

[UTUSN]

8. Rachel just did a whole segment on it, said (CBS?) has asked several times for a photo of

SHITLER doing the signing and no-go.

[spanone]

9. thanks!

unbelievable