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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
In the wake of the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech, Gov. Tim Kaine acted quickly to close a loophole that allowed shooter Seung Hui Cho to obtain the firearms he used to kill 32 people and himself at the Blacksburg campus.
The measure is commendable, but it is unlikely to have a major impact on licensed gun sellers, said Ken Carter, owner of Trading • Post Guns near the Town of Washington.
Kaine issued an executive order on April 30 that instructs state agencies to begin including the napses of persons found dangerous and ordered to undergo involuntary mental health treatment in the database accessed before the sale of firearms by licensed gun dealers.
The order clarifies that there will be no distinction in reporting based on whether an individual is ordered to undergo inpatient or outpatient treatment.
Cho legally bought his Glock 19 and Walther .22-caliber firearms, even though a court had declared the 23-year-old to be a danger to himself and others.
According to federal law, Cho should not have been able to purchase the guns. But because he had been ordered to seek outpatient treatment, and was not involuntary committed to a hospital, Cho’s name was not entered into the state’s database.
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