Paul Ryan Confronted At CNN Town Hall By Man Misidentified As Dallas Shooter
Speaker Paul Ryan was confronted by Mark Hughes, the man who was misidentified as a suspect in the Dallas shootings last week. His question concerned the actual shooter, who was a veteran and whom Hughes speculated had some issues with PTSD.
"What are you going to do to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of individuals with some type of mental disorder, and what is your plan for vets that come back with some kind of disease or mental illness?," Hughes asked.
Ryan got excited! There is common ground, he said. We haven't reformed our mental health laws since Reagan's time, and it's high time we do! Yay!
For the last FOUR YEARS, folks, they've had a clinical psychologist on staff studying how to reform mental health laws. Four years, during which hundreds of people have lost their lives, many of them in mass shootings. Maybe even thousands. But study is important!
Ryan is excited because the House passed it with 405 votes, so it was BIPARTISAN, and revamps mental illness laws. However, it does nothing about the issues when it comes to the intersection of guns and possibly undiagnosed PTSD. Keep in mind, the Dallas shooter was a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record and no record of any PTSD issues or anything else.
The classic Good Guy With a Gun, until he wasn't.
Ryan went on to brag about the House opioid bill, which would "revamp the Veteran's administration as well." (Translation: Privatize the VA, not "revamp" it)