The vote to keep guns out of mentally disturbed people just got shot down

I think you need to inject a little truth here, you see the NRA, the American Civil Liberty Union, and disability rights activist weighing in on the same side of the issue you might want to look if the issue is really what people are saying it is.

I am not comfortable with the social security office being an arm of the FBI in determining who is able to have a certain right. The ACLU thinks the bill does not have enough checks and balances so as not to be improperly applied. The rule also perpetuates the stigma that people with mental illness are behind gun violence in America. In reality, studies show people with mental illness are more likely to be victims, not perpetrators, of violence, and that very few violent acts — about 3 to 5 percent — are carried out by those with serious mental illness and those don't all involve guns.

There are a lot of impediments mostly in the attitudes of people about the mentally ill that keep people from seeking help they need for their conditions this just adds to the list without providing a clear benefit.