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Joe Biden: ‘Mental Capacity’ Check May Have Prevented Virginia Tech Shooting

Jan. 25, 2013 9:00pm Jason Howerton

Joe Biden: Virginia Tech Shooting May Have Been Prevented by Conducting a Mental Capacity Check

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a round table discussion on gun violence at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The panelists included officials who worked on the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings. Credit: AP

Following a Friday roundtable discussion on gun control in Richmond, Vice President Joe Biden said a mental health check on gun sales could have averted the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting.

The roundtable discussion included experts with the gun control commission that met after the university shooting. Biden said the group had reached a “pretty broad consensus” over what criteria should prevent someone from buying a gun, including “mental capacity.”

“One of the problems that was pointed out here was that there was an adjudication of the young man that committed the crime at Virginia Tech, and yet he was able to go out and purchase two weapons,” Biden said.

ABC News has more details on the shooting:

In April 2007 student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 at the Blacksburg, Va., campus using two handguns. Cho had purchased the weapons legally, but subsequent investigations following the deaths found Cho had a well-documented history of mental health issues. At the time the Virginia Tech shooting was the largest such incident in U.S. history, but was surpassed in 2012 by the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.

The vice president also said convicted felons and those found guilty of domestic abuse should not be able to own guns.

President Obama last week proposed new gun control measures, including universal background checks and a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Democrats on Thursday reintroduced a ban on “assault weapons.” Under the legislation, more than 150 weapons would be banned, including pistols and shotguns.

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Comments (105)

nosharia
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:32pm
Free, walk-in mental health clinics should be provided under Obamacare. Criminals and wackos can always find weapons. If they feel suicidal or worse…homicidal…..there should be emergency help, just like the ER of a hospital.

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Dkoonz
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:02pm
Everytime old Joe opens his mouth something stupid comes out.

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blackbean
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 11:28am
A mental capacity check would have kept Biden out of the White House! LOL

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 11:15am
A ‘mental check’ could have prevented Hitler from …, but, so could have others like he, but, remember, God used Hitler, and others like him, to get the Jews attention! Seems, though He failed to get the Jews’ attention, based on their voting in 2008, and 2012, but His actions are not meaningless, just carrying out His Plan initiated with the Big Bang!

Make the Right Choice!

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Celticnanaof3
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 11:05am
I believe the bill Feinstein has introduced will EXEMPT members of Congress and government officials. As usual, they don’t have to follow any of the laws they enact on the rest of us. That, in itself, is unconstitutional!

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Bruce1369
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 10:48am
The first place we should start is in congress, next the WH, then the federal government in total.

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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 10:30am
Mental capacity check may have prevented Biden from becoming Vice President.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:40am
The same could be said about him and his ability to serve as VP.

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jessieH
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:19am
A mental capacity check could have prevented election of buffoons to public office, too.

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helicop
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:08am
It may have also prevented the biggest idiot joke of a Vice President too. What’s your point , Joe?

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Bobby D
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:39am
MMPI results for this mutt, and so many others just like him, would prevent their holding public office—-LMAO

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MiCurmudgeon
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 7:59am
A “mental capacity” test might have prevented Joe Bidumb from being VP.

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ares338
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 7:21am
If they can’t accomplish gun control one way they will always keep trying other avenues.

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davetrav
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 7:09am
Even Joe can see –guns don’t kill people—-he even has me thinking he is smarter than Obama which still doesn’t say much.

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mixplix
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 5:38am
Careful Joe, mental check would have eliminated you from the VP office.

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savagenatn
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 5:30am
hey horses ass we need to do a mental capacity check on you and your messiah to prevent you from doing any more damage to our country

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Willik
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 5:14am
A brain check on Biden would have disqualified him for the Veep slot.

Or maybe not.

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betterpart
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:50am
Biden displays himself the fool, as usual. If gun buyers get checked for their ‘mental capacity, libby-libbers will start foaming at the mouth about ‘discrimination.’ A highly dissatisfied and emotionally backwards bunch, their own solutions are problems.

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Diane TX
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 1:58am
Absolutely! Joe Biden should NEVER be allowed to own or possess a firearm.

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pmar
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 1:30am
this sounds like the same stuff the Nazi where say about the Jews, Pols and other undesirables before they where sent to the ghetto and death camps

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- betterpart
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:52am
  It’s a known fact that Biden dislikes jews, as does the obama lowly. Disgustung reprobates both.
  
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:26am
Yes joe. Let’s make everything about mental capacity. Let’s start with the American voter and expand from there. Within 6 months we’ll get to your evaluation.

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- betterpart
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:53am
  lololol……!
  
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sasquatch08
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:24am
Mr. Biden seems to forget the facts of the case.

Seung-Hui Cho was mentally adjudicated by the State, which subsequently failed to notify the FBI.

Technically, a mental health check was done when Seung-Hui Cho filled out a 4473, but it didn’t yield the correct information because the computer systems were not tied together.

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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:03am
No idiot Joe, a “Mental capacity” check would have saved us from seeing your moronic face for 8 years had it been required in order to become VP. You seriously NEED a mental check….and I mean that SERIOUSLY

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sparkyrules
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:37pm
Barack Hussein Obama choosing Joe Biden as a V. P. is all any thinking person needs to know.On a scale of 1 to 5,Biden is barely a 2.Unless you like your VP as an idiot.

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danger08
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:53pm
From the NICS website. Would somebody pass this along to crazy joe…
I. Historical Evolution of the NICS
A. The Gun Control Act of 1968
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), which established categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving a firearm, was enacted by Congress as part of an effort to control gun violence in the United States. As amended, the GCA prohibits the transfer of a firearm to any of the following:
1. Persons who are convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, even if the person received a shorter sentence.
2. Persons who are fugitives from justice.
3. Persons who are unlawful users of and/or addicted to any controlled substance.
4. Persons who are adjudicated mental defective or involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
5. Persons who are aliens illegally/unlawfully in the United States and nonimmigrant aliens (with certain limited exceptions).
6. Persons who have been dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.
7. Persons who have renounced their United States citizenship.
8. Persons who are the subject of certain protection orders.
9. Persons who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
10. Persons who are under indictment (information) for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

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