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The proposed framework considers issues surrounding mental health, school safety and illegal gun purchases.
“Being that I am in the mental health profession, I have witnessed personally people that I do believe have mental illnesses that are maybe undiagnosed or unidentified or they are diagnosed, but that doesn’t necessarily stop them from getting a gun when the criminal background check is looking for crime,” Grant said.Senators have created a bipartisan framework, and they’re hopeful a bill created from it could pass.
The proposal also includes “major investments to increase access to mental health and suicide prevention programs.”The proposal also includes funding to encourage states to pass “Red Flag” laws, which are aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others.Access would be granted to search juvenile records during background checks for buyers under 21.
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