(08-28-2018, 07:45 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(08-27-2018, 10:38 PM)SuperJville Wrote: Yes I think most of us would agree that if you’ve been hospitalized twice for a mental issue, whatever that may be, you should not be able to purchase a gun legally.

It needs to be harder for me to purchase a gun than to operate a vehicle.  I am completely ok with them putting me through a test to show that I know how to properly use the gun that I intend on purchasing. Classes about operating a gun and safety etc should be mandatory for everyone intending to purchase a gun.

Those are just common sense ideas.  We don’t whine that the government is taking away our right to drive because they force us to pass a written and practical examination do we?

And if you don’t want to concede that, I fear that you are just irrational about this topic and can’t be reasoned with.

The idea that driving a car on public roads is a privilege and not a right is absurd, but that is a topic for another time.

The issues with mental health as a precursor to the exercise of your rights:

The science of mental health isn't concrete. What yesterday was a sickness is today a protected class.

Evaluation of mental health is subject to intentional or unconscious bias.That matters when:

The means to appeal or regain your rights after a mental health episode are murky at best.

It also matters that an individual's health record becomes a matter of public record which violates the Right to privacy and federal law.

Finally, the state of Mental health is not fixed. Mental health at the time of purchase does not reflect mental health at the time of violation.