In response to the mass murder of children at Sandy Hook and the loss of life in Orlando, Republicans desperately hunted for a rationale to ward off gun control legislation. They hit upon mental illness. Even progressives, while denying that Republicans had scored a bulls eye, had to acknowledge they hit the target.
But, Republicans seldom shoot straight. Even rank amateurs can draw a bead from GOP health care think tank proposals, through the platform of presidential candidate Bob Dole and the plan implemented by Romney in Massachusetts, directly to Obamacare. Their proposal, when adopted by a Democratic president, was a weapon of mass destruction, threatening the economy and our way of life.
So it can come as no surprise that Republicans have voted that mental illness has no bearing on the right to bear arms.
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