Thread: Loughner declined from the army, but passed a background check to buy a gun?
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Old 01-10-2011, 11:21 AM
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Article about Loughner buying a Glock: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crim...23a32eaf7.html

Federal law establishes two categories of people who can be prohibited from buying a gun because of their mental incompetence. They are:

• Those who have been incarcerated in a mental health facility against their will.
• Those who have been accused of a crime and found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Otherwise, in Arizona, there is little to stop even an adult who seems mentally unstable from buying a gun.

I also just read an interesting interview with a friend of Loughner's: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011...-phone-message

I am curious to know what his friends and family saw in him before these events. We all know someone who is a bit "off", but how do you know if they are going to lose it completely? Do we have a responsibility to watch over our friends' behavior? And report it?
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