Leading GOP senator offers bill on guns, mental health

Thursday, August 6, 2015

WASHINGTON -- A leading Republican senator proposed a National Rifle Association-backed bill Wednesday he said would make the federal background check system for gun buyers more effective and bolster programs for treating people with mental illness.

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