"West Virginia is one of about two dozen states that doesn't release mental health records to an FBI database used to screen prospective gun buyers," The Associated Press' Tom Breen reports, adding that Gov. Joe Manchin has a proposed a bill to change that.
"The impetus to change the law came after a shooting spree last April that left 33 dead on the Virginia Tech campus, including gunman Seung-Hui Cho," Breen explains. "He was able to buy a handgun in Virginia even though a judge had previously declared him mentally ill."
11 January 2008
Legislature 2008: Gun Control
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I didn't realize this! Thank goodness this will change.
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