CSGV Comes Out Against the Cornyn ‘Mental Health and Safe Communities’ Bill

By Dan Zimmerman

Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 is, he says, intended to invent more states to report mental health-related information to the FBI’s NICS system. Something that many – even on the pro-gun side – seem to favor. But Cornyn’s bill seems to have the NRA’s blessing. And that’s pretty much all the deep thinkers at the CSGV need to know (see their statement of opposition after the jump). If it’s true that you shall know them by their enemies, is this good enough for you? . . .

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) opposes S. 2002, the “Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015,” in its current form and urges Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), the sponsor of the legislation, to reconsider some of its key provisions. Senator Cornyn has championed his legislation as an attempt to “fix the existing background check system [for gun buyers],” but in many ways S. 2002, if enacted, would do exactly the opposite.

On the positive side, S. 2002 provides financial incentives to states to report disqualifying criminal and mental health records to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns