You purists, do you SEE why we like Trump?? Who else is going to say these truths?
Our problem with most gun violence IS mental illness. We are going to need a way to institutionalize people without their permission. Over the Cuckoo’s Nest be damned. Probably thousands of innocent people would be alive if we could have put away into decent institutions people who have lost touch with reality and show any sign of violence.
Soviet "psychologists" used to routinely diagnose people as insane for opposing the government. If you don't think that the leftists would do this, just ask some vets who've had their guns removed by the V.A.
I agree that we have to do something about the very many mental incompetents walking around, but it would have to have some very, very strong safeguards - and not just because of the 2nd Amendment, but also because of plain old liberty.