no, you can’t take their “mantal state” into consideration. Sorry, but I believe gun ownership is an absolute right. Felon or not, he has a right to defend himself. Period. Goofy or not, same.
The second you use “mental issues” to deny the right to defend oneself, you walk right into what the Russkies did with placing in the insane asylum all their political challengers on the basis that they must be insane not to understand the “legitimacy” of the then power structure.
No no no no no.
People have the right to defend themselves. Period. With a gun. Period.
It’s GOD given and no man or Government State or Federal has the Right to take this from me. “Shall not be INFRINGED”
"Period. With a gun. Period.
The 2nd amendment makes no mention of guns. It clearly says arms.
Honor the constitution and let a well-armed citizenry keep the number of felons down. The Founders weren't dummies.
The policy that should be applied is: if he's too dangerous to have a gun, then why is he loose on the street?
I have a friend who got convicted on a drug charge many years ago. He plea bargained accepting a felony conviction in exchange for probation and no jail time (which in hindsight was a mistake, but he was younger then). He'd like to get his gun rights re-instated, but the legal costs would be several thousands of dollars, and it's not in his budget right now.
I wouldn’t say that every mentally unstable individual should have a gun,
but everyone that cannot be trusted with the means to defend themselves shouldn’t be loose in our society.
In other words, if they can’t be trusted with a gun,
they can’t be trusted amongst those who can.