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White House refuses to release photo of Trump signing bill to weaken gun law
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:16 pm
I guess Trump thinks it would be insensitive in light of the latest assault weapon massacre.
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A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns. CBS News then asked the White House to release the photograph of Mr. Trump signing the bill, making the request a total of 12 times.
A White House photographer confirmed to CBS News that there are photos of the bill signing. Those photos won't be seen unless the Trump administration releases them, though, because the White House is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Typically, the White House at minimum releases its own pictures of bill and resolution signings. In fact, the press is often ushered into the Oval Office for these occasions and journalists shoot their own footage and photographs of the event, which are then distributed to all of the major news organizations.
HJ Resolution 40 was introduced just 10 days after President Trump's inauguration. In a town where legislation often languishes for months, the bill moved quickly to the president's desk within weeks, thanks to the Congressional Review Act, an obscure law that allows Congress to review and repeal new regulations.
President Obama had pushed for the rule following the Sandy Hook massacre and it went into effect in December 2016. Had it been allowed to remain effect, it would have added about 75,000 names of mentally ill Americans to a database that would have stopped them from buying a gun.
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:16 pm to Toddy
First downvote
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:17 pm to Toddy
Not that long ago being gay was mentally ill.
Should they have taken away your rights?
Should they have taken away your rights?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:18 pm to CptBengal
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Not that long ago being gay was mentally ill.
In Toddy’s case it still is.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:18 pm to CptBengal
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Not that long ago being gay was mentally ill.
Should they have taken away your rights?
....aaaaand Toddy is gone.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:20 pm to Toddy
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:21 pm to CptBengal
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Not that long ago being gay was mentally ill.
Meh, at about the same time public schools and football teams were being integrated.
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Should they have taken away your rights?
If I had been of age in that era, that's a senseless question.I would have been married to a woman.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:21 pm to Toddy
The bill would have infringed on the rights of a lot of people. Give it up.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:22 pm to FooManChoo
What a fig.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:23 pm to Toddy
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.I would have been married to a woman.
No woman would put up with your shite
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:23 pm to Toddy
So you think we can arbitrarily decide who should be able to exercise their rights?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:23 pm to Toddy
Even Vox sided with Trump here:
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The Obama administration rule sought to limit firearms purchases based on the rationale that those who cannot manage their finances independently might pose a danger with a weapon...As a liberal disability rights activist who worked closely with the Clinton campaign and continues to fight Trump, I tend to be on the side of those condemning actions by the congressional GOP. But this time, I and my disability rights colleagues found myself in an unusual position: siding with the Republicans and, yes, the National Rifle Association. Because while congressional Democrats have been admirable allies to the disability community on the vast majority of issues, when it comes to gun violence, both parties use people with mental illness as props — in ways that don’t help public safety, and that put vulnerable people at risk. In this case, it was the Democrats that got the issue wrong.
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:24 pm to Toddy
What would be the point of releasing a photo of something from a year ago, gulaboi?
It's not like it was kept a secret that Trump signed the bill that congress quickly and overwhelmingly passed.
It's not like it was kept a secret that Trump signed the bill that congress quickly and overwhelmingly passed.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:24 pm to Toddy
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If I had been of age in that era, that's a senseless question.I would have been married to a woman.
You think you would have found one that would have you?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:24 pm to Toddy
The bill the ACLU agreed with Trump on?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:24 pm to Toddy
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Had it been allowed to remain effect, it would have added about 75,000 names of mentally ill Americans to a database that would have stopped them from buying a gun.
Do you understand the Social Security Disability process? You can be diagnosed with a mental illness that contributes to your disability and be perfectly fine to own a firearm. There is no reason why the SSA should be reporting or deeming people ineligible to buy firearms simply because they have been diagnosed with a mental illness that, for the rest of the public, would not in and of itself be a barrier to owning a firearm.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:25 pm to Toddy
Unless the law specified individual a diagnosis that would prohibit a person from buying a firearm it was a law that needed to be abolished. There is a broad range of possible mental illness diagnoses of which most have nothing to do with a person being unstable, or a danger to themselves or others.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:25 pm to Toddy
Melt!
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:25 pm to Bigtime92
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Even Vox sided with Trump here:
Why wouldn't he release the photo. Trumps is always awfully proud of the EOs he signs and usually talks about them at every opportunity.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:25 pm to Toddy
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Not that long ago being gay was mentally ill.
Meh, at about the same time public schools and football teams were being integrated.
A lot of mistakes were made around that time.
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