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Ban Firearm Sales to Mentally Ill

Ban Firearm Sales to Mentally Ill

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 2 months ago
Please sign below to help close a loophole in the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill was put in so that there was a review of potential firearms sales that would screen out dangerous criminals and mental ill patients. This loophole alowed for a man to purchase a gun two days after leaving an institution. This gun was used for the murder of a good friend of mine. The same loophole also helped The Virginia Tech killer recieve his gun. This petition is not to create a new law. A law even before the Brady Bill banned the sale of guns to the violent mentally ill, was the first federal gun control law ever passed in the United States , but never has been enforced properly. This petition is only to force the 27 states who dont currently report their violent mentally ill to report them to the database. Thank you for taking your time to read this .Please email this link to your friends and or post a myspace buletin about this If you would like to read more about this please check these links out http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/27/60minutes/main2735294.shtmlsource=RSSattr=U.S._2735294 or for my friend\'s story: read they got it right http://blog.myspace.com/brandoncjones

Updates

May 16, 2007

The momentum behind this initiative has grown significantly since the initial launch. It is clear that the necessity of reporting dangerous individuals to the federal database is a concern that resonates with many people across the country.

Reached 100 supporters

May 16, 2007

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David Quinn
19 years ago Featured

Laws mean nothing if nobody enforces them. Get the states to report the records. Its not that hard.

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Linda Harris
19 years ago Featured

My heart breaks for you. No one should have to lose someone because of a loophole. Fix the database now.

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Mike Stewart
19 years ago Featured

totally agree. its crazy that the system is this broken. my prayers go out to your friends family.

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Rachel Reid
19 years ago Featured

So sad that it takes a tragedy to get people to pay attention. Lets make it right.

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Sarah Hayes
19 years ago Featured

This is just common sense. Why is this not already happening everywhere? We need to protect people.

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Jason Whitaker
19 years ago Featured

About time someone actually did something about this. So many lives would be saved if we just followed the rules we already have.

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