[Doc Intrepid]

One of the more chilling aspects of this matter is the fact that, in many cases, mental health adjudications that describe varying degrees of mental health are not permanent in any respect.

A person can be "sane", come home from several tours in Afghanistan and have PTSD, go through treatment and recover, suffer the death of a parent and/or the end of a marriage and become depressed, go through therapy, and thereafter be mentally stable again.

Mental health can vary from period to period, throughout people's lives.

Laws such as this act as deterrents to people who may be suffering from PTSD or Depression, by preventing them from getting the help they need - for fear of being classified as mentally defective by the State and having their firearms seized.


In some cases, removing firearms from citizens suffering from PTSD or depression may be justifiable - but there should be some mechanism in place which recognizes that in many cases these conditions are successfully treated and resolved. In such cases, the citizen should be able to petition to get their firearms back.

This approach demonizes mental health issues, and over time will lead to people who need help not seeking it out of fear of being labled defective and losing their 2A rights.