See: The Second Amendment to the US Constitution
Felons aren’t allowed to own guns.
Mentally ill people need restrictions too.
They have them if they have been hospitalized. Just because you see a doctor for help does not preclude.... nor should it
The problem is, who gets to decide if someone is mentally ill? Many libs consider ALL conservatives to be mentally ill. They believe wanting to own a firearm is a sign of mental illness. They certainly would consider anyone who posts on Free Republic (this includes you) to be mentally ill.
This is not paranoid thinking. Leftist statists have used the “mentally ill” tag on their opponents throughout the 20th and now first part of the 21st centuries. Stalin and Hitler (he was a national socialist, hence a leftis statist, not a conservative) are prime examples. As are some of the current “leaders” of the demscum party.
That is the problem...