President Trump blamed this weekend's mass shootings on mental illness, but as one of his early acts in office he rolled back a regulation that would have made it more difficult for some to purchase firearms.
In the wake of this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump was quick to point to mental illness as a cause, echoing a Republican talking point that emerged in interviews and social media posts on Sunday.
But in his first full month in office, Trump signed a bill rolling back an Obama-era regulation that would have made it more difficult for people with mental illnesses to purchase firearms. The rule would have used Social Security records to add about 75,000 names to the database used in background checks of gun buyers .
The Obama regulation was opposed both by the National Rifle Association and the American Civil Liberties Union. Studies have found little to no correlation between mental health and gun violence. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney referred to the gunmen in El Paso and Dayton as “crazy people” who “should not be able to get guns.”
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