Obama Gun Rule Among First Rules Targeted by GOP Congress
- Republicans launching effort to undo late Obama regulations
- Rule aimed to bolster mental health part of background checks
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Republicans in Congress began a process Thursday of rescinding a federal rule aimed at preventing people with serious mental-health problems from buying guns, one of the earliest targets in a long list of Obama administration regulations lawmakers plan to reverse.
Gun-rights groups and some mental-health advocates say the rule, approved in December, was overly broad, established a flawed standard and violated peoples’ due-process rights.