claim: virginia is "the number one state per capita in screening out people with mental illness from gun purchases."
author: ken cuccinelli
evidence_1: the most tragic incident involving a state's failure to report mental health records  ... since the virginia tech shooting, about half of the states have enacted laws ...  the greatest gains in the numbers of state records submitted to nics largely ... of  people from purchasing or possessing firearms on the basis of mental illness.
evidence_2: mar 28, 2013 ... in massachusetts, a state similar in size to indiana, only one person ... sales  among the types of gun purchases that require a background check, there ... as  of october, virginia had submitted 180,338 records, the most per capita of any ...  a way for someone to petition to get their mental health records out of ...
evidence_3: jan 6, 2016 ... a major background check loophole, variation in state laws and ... and he said  the f.b.i. would increase the number of workers processing background checks.  ... according to federal law, individuals cannot buy a gun if a court or other ... to  nics per 100,000 residents. 2,000. 1,000. 0. pa. nj. va. de. ca.
evidence_4: jan 5, 2018 ... check out information on these state laws. ... state, laws regarding firearm  possession/purchase and mental illness. alabama. ala. code 1975 § 13a-11-72.  no person of unsound mind shall own a firearm or have one in his or ..... be  relieved from the firearms disability imposed by that section. virginia.
evidence_5: mar 30, 2017 ... the number of lives taken with guns also makes the united states exceptional. ...  seen to be distorting perceptions even outside of the united states (jorm &  reavley 2014). .... mental illness is one factor in a person's life that is sometimes  ... assessment and screening for current or prior dv has become a ...