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Originally Posted by BushyTheBeaver
So you see no point to background checks that screen for a history of mental problems?  |
Here is where that becomes a problem.
Do YOU want the State doing Mental Health checks on you, to see if you are "fit"to have your civil rights?
I don't.
I'm perfectly fine and supportive of background checks of criminal behavior.
I'm far less fine with "depression", a "mental health issue" for example, being a qualifier for the revokation of my Constitutional Rights, in the vague idea that such a step will protect us from mass shootings, events (it should be pointed out) that are an insignifigant statistical footnote to causes of murder in America.
I do not choose willing to sell real freedom for the appearance of safety. In this case, it's not even much of an appearance tbqh. Clearly, background checks are a minor obstacle to a potential mass-murderer aquiring and using his firearm.