Should state-defined ?mentally ill' not own a gun?
Delaware State NewsJan 22, 2018
Recently, the
On the surface, it seems to be a no-brainer that the insane should not be permitted to own weapons - until you try to define the word "mentally ill."
As a mental health professional for over 30 years, I can tell you that the term is very much a vague and undefined concept.
Let's look closer: According to the
So if a person with any mental disorder can be deemed unfit to own a gun, then exactly how will the police and courts make the distinction? And therein lies the problem: It's no secret that the vast majority of mental health professionals are
PsychologyToday.com routinely
posts articles on the alleged insanity of President
Mixing politics and mental health is worse than a slippery slope. And this badly worded legislation is fraught with trouble. In the realm of politics, people with opposing views often consider the other side "insane." Do people in the minority in a one-party state like
The point here is not gun control. The point is the definition of and evidence for mental disorder. If it were as self-evident as a blood test, then it might be different. But it's not. We're talking about liberals' proven penchant for punishing people for the content of their minds, over and above their actions.
Once we establish the principle that "the government says you are mentally ill, therefore you cannot own a gun," we've set the stage for the government to establish what mental health is. Communist and Nazi countries did exactly the same thing. Wake up, people! Is that really what
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