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Originally Posted by Battler
Is there an inclination or strong possibility that things like named personality disorders (narcissistic, borderline, etc.) will become checkbox automatic disqualifiers? Or bipolar? Or some psychoses/psychotic/delusional symptoms? Or would it specifically have to be linked to violence?
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Prohibiting a person from owning/possessing firearms on the basis of a diagnosis would be an egregious violation of his rights.
Any disqualification must be based on evidence that a person is an immediate threat to himself or others. As I said above, this means actual violent behavior or credible, specific threats. It's not enough for a mental health professional to suspect that someone has the potential to be violent, or might get violent sometime, etc.
Keep in mind that only a tiny percentage of people with mental illness are ever violent. They are, in fact, far more likely to be the victims of violence.
It's no different from depriving any other group of people of their rights because they are members of a particular class: it's illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion --
and disability.
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ClydeFrog, I'm still not understanding your point...