精神病人也能配槍? 美參院廢除奧巴馬控槍法案!

An Obama-era regulation that tightened gun checks on mentally-ill buyers has been blocked by the US Senate and could be signed into law by the White House.

奧巴馬控槍法案中檢查購槍者精神疾病的這一法規已於日前被美國參議院禁止，並將由白宮簽署生效。

The law stopped people who receive disability benefits from buying guns, affecting an estimated 75,000 people.

該法案禁止領取殘疾津貼的人購買槍支，約7.5萬人爲此受到了影響。

But Republicans, who control the Senate, argued it stigmatised the disabled and voted it down 57 to 43.

主導參議院的共和黨認爲該法案損害了殘疾人的權利，並以57比43的投票結果廢除了該法規。

President Donald Trump is set to approve revoking the rule, his first action on guns since taking power.

唐納德·特朗普總統準備批准廢除該法規，這是他上臺後關於持槍問題的首次行動。

After the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy which killed 20 children and six adults in 2012, President Barack Obama introduced a measure that required the Social Security Administration to report information on people with mental illness to the FBI.

在2012年的桑迪·胡克槍擊案中，有20名兒童和6名成年人遭到槍殺，此後貝拉克·奧巴馬總統推出了措施，要求社會安全局向FBI報告精神疾病人員信息。

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, who led the repeal effort, said the regulation "unfairly stigmatises" people with mental illness and infringes on their constitutional right to bear arms.

共和黨參議員查克·格拉斯着力領導廢除法案。他表示：“該法案有失公平，侮辱了精神病患並侵犯了他們持槍的憲法權利。”