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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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I notice a lot of people are upset about the mentally ill issue:)
mind you they were more furious before the announcement.
no regs, thats the best. yaay

The law already says that anyone declared a danger due to mental problems is prohibited from buying firearms. The problem here is that Obama oked violation of HIPPA and other laws. Of course I would love to see Congress make putting the legally obtained information into the database, too many states, VA for example, refuses to. This needs to be done by law, not by the President changing law with an unconstitutional EO.

Nope.not unconstituional, thats fucking stupid. The Nics preceded Hippa, and this would be a agency rule (yeah, read executive order) to allow it. There is no strict prohibition about releasing that information to authorized agencies.

Here is some reading for you:

https://scripted.com/cpt_experts/the-role-of-hipaa-in-gun-control/

The good news, we can find out which gun nuts are nuts.

Oh, try and get one right per decade, Bama.

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A Where in the Constitution does it allow the President to re-write laws.

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A Where in the Constitution does it allow the President to re-write laws.

That's part of why it's a purely political ploy, designed expressly to box the Congress into an action which itself is designed to differentiate the Republicans from the Democrats in an election year (especially when neither side has a strong contender, so, differentiation is critical).