In light of recent debate as a result of the horrific events in Florida, and elsewhere Congress will have to do something, so they will probably pass the absolute minimum to keep crowds from forming outside their offices. They will pass some useless mental health bill with so many holes it will start leaking the first day. Somehow, they believe this is only a mental health issue. MH is important, but it is a very small part of the total problem here. Everyone who pulled a gun on unsuspecting children and adults would not have been stopped by a mental health professional or by mind-altering drugs. Trump, in his infinite wisdom, will accept any drivel put in front of his face and sign it. In this case, a useless, NRA approved piece of roundabout wording that will go nowhere, but will make sure that any criminal, idiot, or mentally challenged fool can easily get the firing arm of his choice without much more, or maybe somehow less trouble than before. Then Trump will go on a rally tour around the country spreading the lie that this is the answer to all our problems, and that only HE was able to fix it. In reality, he will have done nothing, or managed somehow to move us backwards and turn us further into a third world country, which I believe is his ultimate goal on every front.
The ONLY way to stop this madness is to ban the manufacture, sale and repair of these war-type firearms and ammunition nationwide with the teeth in the bill to put someone in prison long enough to make them think 2, 3, or even 4 times before trying to get one. Until then, all of these minimal Band-Aid treatments will do nothing to stop this. Change won’t happen immediately, but after a few years when the guns break and there are no spare parts, or no ammunition, they will wind up where they belong, on the wall as an antique, or in the trash can where they belonged in the first place. I believe that the lives of our children and the lives of our citizens are much more important than the misdirected idea that everyone has the right to own any type of firearm.