[steve86]

“Currently, if someone walks into his psychiatrist office and says he is going to buy a bunch of guns and hit a mall of thousands of people, the doctor cannot divulge that.

??? The information obtained during psychiatric proceedings is divulged in courts of law and the patient subjected to involuntary short-term commitmemt all the time.

[microgood]

??? The information obtained during psychiatric proceedings is divulged in courts of law and the patient subjected to involuntary short-term commitmemt all the time.

But how does that happen? If he walks out of the doctors office on a way to a gun store, how long will it take to get him on some kind of list or will he be able to buy a gun while the court actions evolve.