Mental Health Examinations As A Precondition For Gun Ownership
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 5 months ago
Of course if you have a mental condition you never sought treatment for, there’s no way to know about it without doing an evaluation, which isn’t required. And though lying on the form is a Class-D felony, by the time the lie is discovered, it could be too late.
Well, everyone has a mental condition. It’s whatever condition you happen to be in mentally. What the writer is really suggesting is that people suffering from mental illness should not be qualified to own firearms.
But since we’ve demonstrated that mental illness has nothing to do with propensity to violence, the writer is a prejudiced bigot. Were you raised that way Rekha, or was this just part of earning your progressive creds so that the other staff writers respect you? Are your fellow writers as bigoted as you are?
Oh, and I see where you’re going with this. Anyone who believes in the second amendment and a God-given right to bear arms is to be found as “mentally ill” by doctors who have been trained in Freud and Derrida. Nice try. No. Your turn.
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