Stopping Mental Health patients from buying guns
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Stopping Mental Health patients from buying guns

Date: May 2, 2007
By: Fanna Haile-Selassie
State Capitol Bureau
Links: SB 62

Intro: Gunman Cho Seung-Hui of Virginia Tech could have been stopped under an amendment that was just passed in the Missouri House. Fanna (FAUNA) Haile-Selassie (HIGH-lay-sah-LAH-say) spoke to the sponsor of the amendment. RunTime:
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An amendment that was passed in the House could prevent people with mental health problems from buying guns.

In Missouri, mental health records could be reported for the State Highway Patrol to check through NICS, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The sponsor of the amendment is Republican representative Brian Munzlinger.

He admitted that the Virginia Tech shooting had a lot to with creating his amendment.

Actuality:  MUNZL2.WAV
Run Time: 00:09
Description: Actually the Virginia Tech shootings did open up that there are lots of states that do not provide mental health records to the NICS chapter.

The amendment was overwhelmingly passed by a voice vote.

From the state Capitol, Fanna Haile-Selassie, KMOX News