“She believe family and friends should be able to go to a Judge and remove another’s 2nd Amendment Rights.”
What about the potential victims rights to keep breathing and not get terminal lead poisoning?
A gun - be it revolver, semi auto, a much maligned black rifle or assault weapon, even the BFG from Doom - if you can handle them, go for it. They are tools, like anything else. Every person has the innate right (and desire) to self defense and that should not be infringed.
Let me use a much derided analogy for a second. Do you let a blind person, or an epileptic, or a habitual drunk drive? No - you do not. They cannot be trusted to deal with using the tool - in this case a car - well.
So how can you let someone with violent mood swings or a psychological disorder own a gun? That is the Leftist logic, among the rare rational Leftists. It’s appealing in a way - who wants to give the instant capability to kill to someone not of sound mind.
I say grab it and run with it. Turn the negative into a positive by forcing the Dems to put their backsides where their mouths are.
After centuries of real (not pseudo) scientific advancement we have left the solar system. Looked at 3 minutes after creation. Taken a peek at the smallest things possible, and the biggest. Yet how the mind works is still totally baffling. Our best guide to that were written 2500 years ago and just futzed with since.
The government pays for research. I have often said that if NASA had been permitted to take out patents, the USA would never have a deficit. Can you imagine the royalties on Velcro alone?
So make them pay for real research into what makes a man a man. Why one person is self reliant and will stand waist deep in crap with a shovel to feed his family, while the person next door lounges hopelessly, waiting for their hand outs. Or what if we could cure PTSD? Think of how many lives that would affect. At the moment we don’t even know for sure what causes it!
Might be slightly disjointed - been up for a fair while and winding down.
What would you propose as both a diagnostic and legal threshold?
That is the crux of the matter.
Already those adjudicated as "mentally defective" cannot buy or own.