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Our small city lost a young woman last weekend to an ex-boyfried. He stalked her for over a year and she asked the police for protection. She was afraid for her life. He shot her and dumped her body along the highway. He needed mental health attention and she needed a gun of her own. So sad.

RE :”Our small city lost a young woman last weekend to an ex-boyfried. He stalked her for over a year and she asked the police for protection. She was afraid for her life. He shot her and dumped her body along the highway. He needed mental health attention and she needed a gun of her own. So sad.”

Its pretty easy for wimmin to get restraining orders against Men now-a-days, and if he violates it he goes to jail.

That sort of behavior is not necessarily a mental illness even though he needs some sort of therapy.

Those with untreated schizophrenia for example hear voices, see things, believe the end of the world is near, believe that they are Satan and or God, think that others especially doctors want to kill them or remove their brains, that others are possessed by Satan,..... I have known more than one in my life and its not pretty.

We must be very careful using a mental health disorder to prohibit 2nd amendment rights. Have you ever looked at a DSM? This is the book that classifies mental health disorders. Pretty much anyone can fit into some syndrome or disorder. Call yourself anal? Well then you could be classified as Obsessive/ Compulsive. Now you have a mental health disorder. No guns for you. Ever received medication for a short time for depression? You now have a mental health disorder. No guns for you. With electronic medical records, where your entire health history can be searched, if you ever talked to MD about anxiety, depression, anger, and such, you could be diagnosed with a mental illness. No guns for you. New questions being asked patients upon d/c from a hospital or health care provider, as part of the Medicare survey (HCAHPS program - part of Obamacare) has the question “In general, How do you rate your mental or emotional health?” Answer that wrong and it is recorded forever. No guns ever for you.

Not all mental health diagnoses are raving lunatics. Some people have every day issues and function just fine.