Who are the mentally ill? And, who makes the determination? In proposed “Red Flag” firearm confiscation legislation filed in Arizona, a sign of mental illness was someone who purchased a firearm in the last 6 months. Are you willing to live with that? The Obama Administration combed through Veteran and Social Security pension rolls for recipients identified with mental competency issues, such has having problems handling their finances, labeled them as mental “defectives,” and prohibited them from possessing firearms under federal law. In the old Soviet Union, political dissidents were labeled mentally ill. We’re hearing that same song from today’s “Progressives.”
And, where does this assumption come from that people with mental health challenges are automatically a danger to themselves and others? It’s more a media driven myth that reality. Cut through all the hyperbole and you’ll find a scheme to expand the growing list of those who cannot possess a firearm. Next will be a call for rigorous mental health screening as a condition to own a firearm. Eventually we’ll arrive at anyone wanting to possess a firearm must be mentally ill.
Don’t buy into the mental health ruse. The Second Amendment does not have “except for…” penciled in after “shall not be infringed.” Everyone with mental health issues is not automatically a danger to themselves or others. The moment we accept that “some people” should not have firearms and let self-serving lawmakers and bureaucrats determine who may have a firearm, we’ve surrendered our right to keep and bear arms and eventually our freedom.
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