Posted October 30, 2017 10:00 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

California Democrat Rep. Mike Thompson, chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, pictured center, wants to encourage states to get tougher about gun regulations related to mental health issues. (Photo: Congressman Mike Thompson/Facebook)
A new bill introduced last week aims to strengthen the federal government’s ability to keep guns out of the wrong hands — and it needs states’ help to do it.
The Safer Communities Act of 2017 — a joint effort sponsored by California Democratic Congressmen Mike Thompson and Ed Perlmutter — would expand and clarify existing categories of prohibited gun owners, extending the ban to include involuntary outpatient commitment.
The proposal also offers states grant money to enact gun violence prevention legislation — such as laws granting courts the ability to temporarily revoke ownership rights from a person suspected of harming themselves or others — and encourages states to bolster its submissions of disqualifying records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
“After nearly every gun violence tragedy, we’ve heard many say that guns are not the problem, mental health is. The Safer Communities Act we’ve introduced today would address that problem and keep guns out of the hands of the dangerously mentally ill,” Thompson said Thursday. “While those suffering from

Source: Guns.com

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