The FBI having a national database that at least tracks criminals across state lines in an effective way that is.
I'm sorry to have to say this, but someone with serious mental health issues shouldn't NEED to have easy access to a gun.
I sympathize though. Since a person can't get hospitalized to deal with their issues unless they meet the criteria of being " a danger to self or others " then gun ownership is often an effective means to proving oneself medically eligible for needed treatment.
I'm sure most of those veterans just want to go out and hunt. Get away from stress or get in some target practice to feel that sense of empowerment. But at 3am when the PTSD sets up a choke hold, having a gun handy could be a fatal mistake.
Then there's the fact that about 80% of the population has faced serious depression and doesn't need instant access to firearms because that is pretty much a real plan and not just a cry for help and the permanent solution for temporary problems is in effect before someone can be talked off the ledge so to speak.
Needless to say the level of anger among the gun toting set has led to so much more murder and mayhem that even as a usually calm and prudent liberal, I've thought of getting a gun myself. NOT to defend against corrupt government agencies that might beat down my door, but to deal with the rethugs who are packing heat and itching to use it.
But I have grandkids and I've never wanted to have dangerous things around them. So the thinking goes back and forth. Which is more dangerous? Having a gun in the house and knowing how to use it or not having it when some raving right winger shows up at my door? Ah, not going to happen. They are afraid to come to my neighborhood. Guess I really don't need a gun after all.
Ramble, ramble.
Tig
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