In the old Soviet Union, first they took the guns. Then they stuck the “Mentally Ill” label on the person, and threw him into the mental institution, at the mercy of horrendous drug-dispensing psychiatrists.
When the commies regain power (God forbid), this is what they will do. All Deplorables will be labeled “mentally ill”, and voila.....confiscation.
The problem is you have a sheriff and a school district that were refusing to do their jobs and report Cruz so that he COULDN’T buy a gun because they wanted low arrest numbers so they could get more federal grant money. How was that “due process?”
Well, opposition to Communism was considered a mental illness. Cross the Atlantic, or Pacific, how many times have you had the sanity of Trump supporters and the President questioned. Think there aren't dems who'd love to find a way to confiscate weapons from conservatives. To protect the gays. Or protect abortion. No, we're not close to that, but the mindset is here.