And those of us that have a problem with the idea of stronger background checks don't have a problem with keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, we have a problem with how the government determines who is mentally ill.
I'm a white, married, conservative, portfolio manager in his 40's, who comes from a military family, and is a competitive skeet shooter. To your average woman's studies professor, I am insane. It can become a very subjective definition. and we don't trust government to define the shades of grey. Tey've proven poor at doing so in the past.
I think that's why I think it's best that the government makes an error on the side of liberty.
Ugh .... my spelling teacher is spinning in her grave right now ....(as is Juan Valdez)