Should mentally ill people have access to guns?

Beat me to it! Except it's spelled "'Murica!"

@MightyAphrodite: that's a win for you! She posted that she's going to delete her account soon ... 🤞

@Salix75: Indeed I am. Didn't realize it was a game but oh well

@Salix75: Oh man.. well, that's her choice.. a bit over the top though..

*high five*

Wow. You guys NEVER cease to blow my mind.

@JaggedLittlePill: well, folks that have been treated and have a record of mental impairment have been caught under the pre-obammy system. how do i know? pre my current job i worked with folks with mental impairments and know how far into the system their impairments get fed; keeping them far away from firearm *purchases* - and a very close relative owns a gun store so i hear first hand info on folks getting denied for even tiny hiccups in their past - mostly stupid teenage crap that gets them involved in the mental healthcare system that keeps them ineligible for purchase.

and - i think both parties are piles of shit i side with neither.

and - i side on the welfare of the mental ill, the ones that are constantly fucked over by the political system by both parties, for their own political agendas.

and - i really side with the vets who come back and are treated like shit by the VA And govt - this includes the obama regime. I had second cousin that came back from the usmc that clearly had ptsd - everyone in the family knew it, his mother begged the VA for help, and they stamped him as OK. Well yes he was ok enough to go out and by a fucking 22 cal. rifle and kill himself. it's the guns fault. I know.

we can make this an argument about some pretty lame political agendas, but i like to think the people screwed by the system should come first.

ffs.

sorry. touchy subject for me.

But not everyone with a mental illness is committed or hospitalized

@Salix75: getting diagnosed and clinically treated for depression can/could leave you intelligible for firearms purchases... this was the case pre obama bill.

If the depression led to unsafe behavior which involved the authorities, yes that could potentially impact a person's ability to purchase guns. An episode of depression the did not impact the community would not make one ineligible to purchase firearms

@Mrsmeta: mmmm. Sustained long term cinical depression - not even addressing any sort or mania - depending on the treatment and long term outlook did and does.
Sorry if my clinical terms are a bit rusty. i come from the dsm4 days. I know the PC brigade got involved with the dsm and mixed up some terms.
So i'm told.

It is illegal in the US.

Nope !