““and you want to make it EASIER for him to have had a gun????”
I don’t think any rational person is arguing that a schizophrenic with a criminal record should legally be allowed to own a gun.”
You’d think that but sadly you’d be wrong
Obviously nobody is showing up and asking “Hi I’m schizophrenic can I have a gun please”
The ONLY way t o stop a schizophrenic with a criminal record from getting a gun (a measure that thankfully you support) is to require EVERY gun sale to be done with a background check. While background checks are generally required, they are not always required. Many states allow private sellers to sell without a background check. The so called – gun show loophole . A schizophrenic with a criminal record can go to a gun show in a neighboring state like CT where he can buy a long gun or a bit further to RI where he can get a hand gun from an unlicensed dealer with no background checks
while a vast majority of Anmericans DO oppose this, including a vast majority of Republicans, and of Gun owners included. The NRa does not, and thus the GOP (as a party) does not.
They do in fact want to keep it easy for schizophrenic with a criminal record to get guns.