I neither know your medical condition nor am qualified to render a diagnosis. A good psychiatrist should be able to and I would demand a second opinion.
If I were to judge I would say that anyone who has in the past engaged in self mutilation, cruelty to animals, violence against others attributed to a psychotic event or attempted suicide should probably not have the right to purchase firearms. Just "being depressed" wouldn't qualify nor would OCD or any number of other disorders. Anyone whose rights are so restricted should have the right to appeal.
> I neither know your medical condition nor am qualified to render a diagnosis.
Depression with Bipolar Disorder, both adequately treated with medication. You cited Bipolar Disorder as one of the mental illnesses that ought to disqualify people from the right to own firearms.
I had asked “what grounds” and I guess I’m still waiting for an answer on that one.
> Just “being depressed” wouldn’t qualify nor would OCD or any number of other disorders.
I’d prefer to see people convicted of violent crime have their rights to own firearms restricted. Similarly those found Not Guilty by reason of insanity. At least there would be demonstrable grounds for doing so (past performance).
> Anyone whose rights are so restricted should have the right to appeal.
That’s mighty generous of you, I must say.
This is much too general. How long is the "past"? Are you saying an emotionally stable 83-yr-old who attempted suicide at 13 years old should not have the right to own a self-defense weapon?
Should an 82-yr-old who lives in a neighborhood that has "turned" not be allowed a means of self-defense because she once carved her boyfriend's name into her arm 60 years earlier?
Are you saying that some American citizens have less right to defend themselves than others?
Are some people less valuable? Should these "unworthy" people be sitting ducks for rapists, murderers, arsonists or muggers?