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Monday, January 07, 2013

Md. Officials Launch Task Force To Examine Guns & The Mentally Ill

In light of the Sandy Hook massacre that killed 20 students and six adults, questions linger concerning guns and the mentally ill. Maryland officials launched a task force to look at the issue. Gigi Barnett reports concerns were raised before Newtown.

Months before the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting where a 20-year-old gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School with an arsenal of weapons and killed 20 children and six school workers.

Maryland mental health workers had already formed a task force on guns and the mentally ill and the group found that firearms should be immediately stripped from anyone making specific threats of serious violence.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

and who will pronounce you mentally ill? i agree something needs to be done regarding this issue, but i don't want the government to have this power. i don't think you do either...

Anonymous said...

He did not own those guns. He stole them and killed the owner of them; his own mother! You need to re-form your "task farce".

Anonymous said...

The "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act", signed by George Bush, requires that the Federal Government keep a database of all drug prescriptions. I can only assume that these will be the first people placed on a list that keeps them from owning firearms.