It’s interesting the huge rush to criminalize anyone “mentally ill” by forcing doctors to report them to the state, invade their privacy, etc. But the question is, how many people “mentally ill” actually go on shooting rampages? A very tiny minority.
Instead of banning guns, why not ban the DRUGS that seem to cause psychosis, particulary in young men, or can induce psychosis during withdrawals? Why not make doctors accountable who prescribe these meds like candy but then do not follow up to supervise their patients?
Everyone here seems to think the drugs cause this. He quit taking his drugs and his behavior deteriorated. This happens all the time. There is not way to make someone take their medicine. The problem is not guns or psych drugs it is mental illness and a free society. These people have all kinds of rights. It is hard to get them help if they do not want it. You can not force them until they prove a danger to themselves or others then it is too late for episodes like this. If they pass a law like this in my state I will refuse to treat any psychiatric disease. Not even mild depression.. I am not going to get mixed up in the legal mess this will cause. No way. There will be alot of physicians doing the same. There are not enough of us now to just treat mild depression and anxiety. Forget this legal knot. 35.00 is not enough to begin to make the worth it headache.