# Can You Stop an Unstable/Dangerous Person from Buying a Gun?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stop-an-unstable-dangerous-person-from-buying-a-gun/761585 "2016-08-02T21:30:34Z")\
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From the LA Times (9/13):[Keeping guns away from people with mental illness is a complex issue](http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/21/nation/la-na-shooting-background-checks-20130921).

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