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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21712820

President Barack Obama has said he is determined to curb gun violence in the United States following a series of massacres, some of them by people with mental health problems.

But a BBC investigation for Panorama has found that in many parts of America people can legally buy guns despite suffering from severe mental illness.

Panorama reporter Hilary Andersson goes undercover at a gun show in Texas and finds that it is possible to buy an AR15 assault rifle, identical to the one used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December, without any background checks.

The charity Mental Health America said: "People with mental health conditions are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators and equating mental illness with violence is false."

Edited by ozboy: 12/3/2013 12:14:58 AM