Yes,the USSR used "psychiatric hospitals" as punishment...as prisons...as a way to control the citizenry.But I worked in a big city ER for many years and I can absolutely guarantee you that there are people with certain psych disorders that you would want to see barred from gun ownership...at least temporarily.And some of them (chronic schizophrenics,for example) you would want to see barred forever.
No question about that either. But you know they already tried to label patriots such as Veterans as terrorists, so they’ll likely be first on the list for mental illness too.