I would support a national registry for all mental health patients

[snooper2]

A persons name would be in the national registry if a licensed psychiatrist deemed that person unfit to own a firearm...

There would be an appeals process for people on the national list banning them from purchasing a firearm.

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[slackmaster]

1. A single doctor does not have the legal standing to declare a person as mentally incompetent

I believe every state requires testimony of at least two physicians, and the final decision can be made only by one judge or a panel of judges.

I would not support weakening that important legal protection.

[Duer 157099]

2. If we actually had GOOD mental health care, this list would be of the people

you DON'T need to be afraid of!!!

Focus on the real problem and a real solution.

[Rex]

3. I would support a national registry for all left handed people.

OH SHIT! I am left handed!!

Er...I misspoke earlier...clearly all right handed people need to be registered and logged and monitored.

[get the red out]

4. That would do more harm than good

We need to encourage mentally ill people to see treatment, not drive them away from it.

[X_Digger]

5. Only if a psychiatrist had to go before a judge first.

And at the same time, the state would pay for an evaluation by a different psychiatrist, and provide representation for the person.

Only then would I feel that due process has been met.

[obamanut2012]

6. An absolutely terrible idea

It literally gave me flashes of the Third Reich, as well as people put on the registry for things like being gay and black.

You do realize that sociopaths aren't mentally ill, and wouldn't be on that registry? Right?

[JVS]

7. I don't think gutting Dr.-Patient confidentiality is a good first step in improving a shitty system.

In fact, it's the kind of thing that discourages people from seeking the help they may need.

[Odin2005]

8. Why don't we put a yellow star on them while we are at it!

[cliffordu]

9. Hella yeah!!!! You can give us all tattoos or something

to keep track of us!!!!

You know, for our own safety.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Also lock up the gypsies, teh gays, the jews, dissidents, intellectuals, all ferners...

...force them to do labor in camps and hush-hush, burn the ones we want to burn, when we want to. So Final Solutions go.

[obamanut2012]

11. Seriously -- my first thought

As I mentioned upthread.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Asinine. Instead I support a national registry for all gun owners.

With a licensed psychiatrist evaluating the circumstances and background of each and every person who wants to own a gun. And a mandated inventory of each gun owned. And a new eval, or an update of the previous eval, for each gun purchased. Edit to add: All costs to be borne by the person who wishes to be licensed and registered to own the firearm.

[Maine-ah]

15. this gun owner can stand behind this.

add - all private sales must also go through the same process.

[TwilightGardener]

19. Yes. The free commerce, and the lack of

license and registration (and examination of psychological fitness) to own this sort of weaponry, must end. I can't kill someone with my car and get away with it--it's all in a database, they are coming to get me. And I can't drive without proving I understand all the laws and rules, without proving competence behind the wheel, without proving that I have the physical/sensory ability to drive.

[actslikeacarrot]

14. WOW. n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. A reminder that they attempted to do this to AIDS victims and caused real harm to decent people.

[obamanut2012]

17. The OP isn't the only one asking this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2008826

[WilliamPitt]

18. Another lurch toward fascism disguised as a "solution."

Oy.

[HereSince1628]

20. Most of the mentally ill in the US are NOT diagnosed but I'd bet

that the folks who sell the names and addresses of sex-offenders in your neighborhood would love to be able to sell you and your boss the names and addresses of psychiatric patients in your neighborhood or who apply for a job.