Like most things, the devil is in the details. Yes, the Obama regulation made it difficult for people with mental illness to get guns, but it also interfered with the rights of people who had been treated for minor things to keep and bear arms.

It's typical of he news media to present one side of this as it is typical of those on one side of the political equation to present opposing views the same way.

The problem with a lot of bills and regulations produce in
Washington is that unrelated issues are included in them in order to make the opposing party vote against them. It's all a big political game and the end of it is coming.