Congress is currently considering a bill to States will be required to provide the FBI with information on their Residents and Mental Health Care they may have received. This bill is a response to the devastating catastrophy at Virginia Tech in which a student killed 32 people. The student had a history of mental health care prior to purchasing a gun.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Act (HR 297) has a high possibility of passing Congress this year. In addition to the above mandate it is also expected to provide grants to States to help them establish their data bases. Data bases would not only include Mental Health Care received, but any convictions of domestic violence or subjects of mental health adjuciations and commitments.
McCarthy, the U.S. Representative who sponsored this bill, states that if this bill does not pass, it's only a matter of time before an even larger tragedy occurs.
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