If he had been previously described anti-psychotic medications, he had serious problems and needed ongoing serious help - and no guns.
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many teens are prescribed anti psychotics for a brief period. Adults too, for often the psychosis is caused by not being able to sleep for a long period of time. think a week or two.
In most states one does not lose one’s gun rights unless one is COMMITTED to a psychiatric facility. Not because one is admitted.
Anti-psychotics are not innocuous drugs, and I personally think they are way overused for purposes that they were not meant to be used for. For instance, giving Haldol to agitated elderly patients in the hospital. It makes life easier for the staff, but in my opinion it is never good to play with brain chemistry if unnecessary, particularly if it’s just to quiet someone down.
I am with you in being careful not to take away someone’s rights without a very, very good reason. It was mentioned, however, that he had been diagnosed as schizophrenic. If that diagnosis was verified and corroborated correct, that would be an instance in which I would be fully in support of taking away his rights to a gun. That said, I think all serious mental health diagnoses need to be verified by multiple independent people. It’s way too easy to make mistakes and label someone with a diagnosis they don’t have. That’s very tragic.