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NYC Shooter Had Two ‘Mental Health Holds’ in Las Vegas. They Didn’t Affect His Legal Right to Own Guns
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, AUG 8 – Nevada’s lack of automatic reporting of temporary mental health holds to federal background checks allowed Shane Tamura to legally buy firearms despite two psychiatric evaluations.
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NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns
Records released this week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirm they had several contacts in recent years with Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old man who drove to New York and killed four people on July 28. The records show he was known to suffer from mental illness, had been the subject of two emergency psychiatric evaluations, and yet was still allowed to buy firearms legally — including the AR-15-style rifle used in New York.The information in…
·Portland, United States
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NYC shooter had two 'mental health holds' in Las Vegas. They didn't affect his legal right to own guns
The New York City mass shooter had been diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses and had been the subject of two "mental health holds" in Las Vegas, but none of that limited his legal right to own firearms.
·Washington, United States
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