Virginia closes guns loophole
30/04/2007 22:10  - (SA)  

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Richmond - Virginia's governor said on Monday he had closed the loophole that allowed a mentally disturbed Virginia Tech student to get the guns he used to kill 32 students and faculty members.

Governor Timothy M Kaine issued an executive order requiring that a database of people who are prohibited from buying guns include anyone found to be dangerous and ordered to undergo involuntary mental health treatment.

Seung-Hui Cho had been ordered by a court to undergo psychiatric counseling after a judge ruled that he was a danger to himself.

But because Cho was treated as an outpatient and never committed to a mental hospital, the court finding never made it into the database that gun dealers must check before selling a firearm. The law prohibits selling firearms to people judged to have mental disabilities.

- AP

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