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House Passes Bill To Help Vets With Mental Illness Buy Guns
Objections that 20 veterans a day kill themselves, mostly with guns, did not stop the measure.
03/16/2017 Updated March 16, 2017
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The bill, dubbed the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act [ https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1181/text ], stops the VA from referring any of those veterans to the background check system. It passed 240 to 175, on a nearly party-line vote.
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This is the second major move the GOP has made this year to ensure that people with mental health conditions can buy guns. Congress passed a bill last month that blocked the Social Security Administration [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-repeal-gun-rules-mentally-ill_us_58a387f2e4b0ab2d2b1a3f1b ] from referring the names of people who are mentally ill and unable to manage their affairs.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-bill-vets-guns_us_58cab9d5e4b00705db4ce565 [with embedded video]