Deadly Loophole? (What Republican America Brings Us)

[RamboLiberal]

This story is more than just the failures of American Gun Laws - it's the story of the desperation Republican America will drive many to.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/US/GoodMorningAmerica/gun_control_040817.html

Bryan Hetherwick bought a Russian-made Makarov handgun from the personal collection of a gun dealer in Mukilteo, about 25 miles north of Seattle, on the afternoon of Aug. 5, then less than three hours later shot his grandson, Brennan, and then himself, police said.

Police and gun control advocates concede that even if the dealer had been required to run a background check it is not likely he would have found anything that would have prevented him from selling Hetherwick the gun, because the man had never been committed to a mental hospital by court order.

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Bryan Hetherwick was depressed and had been suicidal on and off ever since he lost his insurance job to corporate downsizing in Texas last June, she said.

The couple had been hopeful when they moved to Washington earlier this summer, but he still couldn't find a job and he couldn't get health insurance coverage, she said. Even more devastating was the fact he couldn't find help for his grandson, she added.

"He worshipped Brennan," Carolyn Hetherwick said.

[rsmith6621]

1. If Memory serves me right.....

>>he couldn't get health insurance coverage<<<

Did Bush promise us affordable healthcare plans we could afford in 2000??????....or was that just FLUFF

I think he labeled it the same as he labels it now...OWNERSHIP.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

2. I am absolutely enraged

Not just about the gun issue, although I'm sure the gungeon folks will be here soon enough to tell us that this guy very well could have stabbed himself and his grandson to death. . .

BUT . . .

The fact that this man could not get health care for himself or for a little boy, and that he felt giving the child up for adoption was the only choice that would get Brennan healthcare is ABSOLUTLY FUCKING DISGUSTING.

:nuke: