[AlanGreenSpam]

A liberal friend of mine brought up the fact that McConnell voted against a background check bill which would prevent mentally ill people get guns.

I didn’t follow that particular bill, but I don’t understand what’s not to like about a bill like that, so the only argument I could come up with (not having the full text of the bill in front of me) was, “Well, maybe there was other stuff glued into the bill that Mitch didn’t like.”

Can anybody explain why Mitch or the Repubs would be against a mentally-ill background check bill?

There’s got to be a catch here that I’m not seeing.

Thanks.

[Skywise]

Because mentally ill people aren’t necessarily violent.

Also it’s incredibly easy to mark you mentally ill.

Smoked medicinal pot? Mentally ill.
PTSD in the military? Mentally ill.
Down’s syndrome? Mentally ill.

It’s how the communists enforced their oppression. Except they didn’t take your guns - they locked you up for wrong think.

But thank you for your concern trolling.

[daler]

“Can anybody explain why Mitch or the Repubs would be against a mentally-ill background check bill?”

I’m just guessing, but I would surmise that it boils down to the definition of “mentally ill.”

There are, I’m sure, many doctors, judges and other so-called “experts” that would label somebody “mentally ill” simply because they wear a MAGA hat.