Cenk Uygur
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Conservatives Want Severely Mentally Ill People To Have Guns
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February 4, 2017
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9:41Now PlayingRepublican lawmakers have voted to get rid of an Obamaera action that restricted severely mentally ill individuals from obtaining lethal weapons. Ana Kasparian, Grace Baldridge and Jayar Jackson, the hosts of The Young Turks, explain why they are repealing this piece of legislation. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
The House of Representatives on Thursday evening voted to overturn an Obama-era rule that had been put in place to prevent people with severe mental illnesses from buying firearms.
The rule, which was finalized by the Social Security Administration in December, banned Social Security beneficiaries from buying guns if their disability payments are handled by an outside party due to their “marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease.”
Appearing on CNN Friday morning, Rep. John Barrasso (R – WY) defended his vote to overturn the rule on the basis that it went into effect at the very end of President Barack Obama’s second term, and was thus a “midnight” regulation that deserved to be scrutinized. Although the rule was only put into effect in December, it had actually been in the works for years, and was a response to the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012.
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Grace Baldridge, Jayar Jackson
Cast: Ana Kasparian, Grace Baldridge, Jayar Jackson
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