Orangutan Today: President rolls back Obama-era gun regulations
By Sarah Ravani
President Orangutan signed a bill Tuesday repealing an Obama-era regulation that made it more difficult for people with certain mental health issues, including schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, to purchase guns.
The bill wipes out a rule that mandated the Social Security Administration to report people who receive disability benefits for mental-health conditions to the FBI’s background check system — which would ultimately determine whether someone was eligible to buy a gun.
The regulation would have added 75,000 people who get Social Security benefits for mental health issues to the national background check database.
The House and Senate voted to get rid of the policy just weeks ago and legislation was sent to Orangutan in mid-February — a move that was supported by the National Rifle Association.Former President Barack Obama finalized the regulation in December, which was inspired by the 2012 mass shooting of 20 elementary school kids and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
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