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struggle4progress

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 01:59 PM Nov 2017

Blames Sutherland Springs on Mental Health

Marissa Mahoney on Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:05 am

On Monday, President Donald Trump said that he believes the Sutherland Springs shooting is the result of a "mental health problem at the highest level."

When asked if he thought gun control was a solution to mass shootings, Trump responded, "This isn't a guns situation."

... Trump .. recently repealed Obama-era regulation that was meant to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people. There were no cameras present for the signing and it was lauded by the National Rifle Association.

“Today marks a new era for law-abiding gun owners, as we now have a president who respects and supports our right to keep and bear arms,” said NRA spokesman Chris Cox in a statement ...

https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/11/06/trump-blames-sutherland-springs-shooting-on-mental-health-not-lax-gun-control-laws

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Blames Sutherland Springs on Mental Health (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2017 OP
how these people cling to their mental healths. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #1

NRaleighLiberal

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1. how these people cling to their mental healths.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 02:00 PM
Nov 2017

why do so many need such powerful mental healths, though?

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