BjornF16 Wrote:Apparently you do not understand the issue. Cruz was not a GCA "prohibited person." He legally owned the AR15 he used to commit the crime. Ditto for Stephen Paddock in Las Vegas.stanc Wrote:Who decides which people should not be allowed to have guns? And how would it be determined? Should prospective gun buyers be required to pass a psychiatric exam?It's already been decided and enshrined in law:
Identify Prohibited Persons
The Gun Control Act (GCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. ยง 922(g), makes it unlawful for certain categories of persons to ship, transport, receive, or possess firearms or ammunition...
In order to stop nut cases like Cruz, Paddock, and others "who should not be getting any guns from getting guns in the first place" (as Paul Ryan said), new standards will be necessary.