The federal gun safety proposal announced last week might not have prevented the Uvalde shooting had it already been in place, experts tell ABC News.
People grieve and embrace outside of Amerie Jo Garza's, 10, funeral service, May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.by a bipartisan group of senators in response to the attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is "a step in the right direction," according to several authorities -- but the measures, had they already been in place, might not have prevented the Uvalde shooting, mental health and violence experts told ABC News.
Some experts ABC News spoke with praised the current proposal for its focus on mental health, which includes making major investments to increase access to mental health and suicide prevention programs, as well as investments in programs that increase access to mental and behavioral services via telehealth, and support for state crisis intervention orders.
The same holds true for the proposal's protections for victims of domestic violence and funding for school-based mental health support services and telehealth services. "Where he would have fallen through the loop was, he was not in school -- he was he was at work," O'Toole told ABC News. "He wasn't in a position where someone that knew him could have reached out and tried to get him mental health care ... through the school system."
Regarding the proposal's gun-safety measures, Xenakis said that if Ramos had not availed himself of the proposed mental health services, it's not clear they would have helped avert the attack.
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