See a Psychologist & Lose Your Guns/CHL?

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Funny, I don't recall anything in the 2nd amendment regarding mental fitness. The Brits could have adjudged the founders of our republic insane since what they were doing was treason. After all, who wouldn't want to be a British Subject under a King? To think otherwise would have been deemed crazy.
 
I am currently under treatment for depression. I take 40mg of Paxil per day. I have been treated a few times before as well, and one treatment was through a state-funded program, so I know there are records somewhere that state I've been treated (Utah, if that makes a difference).

I have not even had a bump in the road in purchasing any of my firearms at any time. I've never been forced to have a psychiatric evaluation, or been remanded to custody because of any incidents, and I think therein lies the difference. Treatment is one thing, becoming a danger to yourself or another person is another.
 
"Slightly off topic, but related issue on mental health and being committed: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=55778
Note that a 16 year old girl was involuntarily committed to a mental institution because she was home-schooled."

That's good, German law, WorldNetDaily and Hitler all in the same post.

"© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A federal prosecutor in the German state of Hesse has announced plans to seek three-month prison terms for a mother and father who homeschool their six children, even though the family already has paid fines for violating the nation's Hitler-era homeschooling ban and made plans to move."
 
About mental illness, denying someone a gun for having a certain condition, something like that fails to take into consideration that these things come in degrees. "Bipolar" does not mean "goes crazy on a regular basis and tries to kill himself and others" in all cases. It is certainly something that should be taken seriously, as there are people with the illness that do those kinds of things, but someone with bipolar is more likely to be the kind of person that gets bummed every once in a while, and once that has passed, maybe they're grumpy for a few days. They take their meds and presto change-o, you'd never know they were bipolar. Certainly, the degrees of severity run the gamut, but to deny someone something that there's no real reason they shouldn't have is one size fits all legislation. It's silly, but I don't doubt it's well-intentioned somewhere down the line.
 
Well, let me chime in here as a presently mentally challenged person. I have ADD/ADHD whatever you want to call it. I didn't come to realize it till I was 19. Went to several shrinks and state run mental hospitals for treatment. I discontinued treatment nearly 8 years prior to me purchasing my first gun and getting my CWP for Louisiana. I didn't have any trouble at all. Except for NOT putting it on my CWP application. Apparently Louisiana checks to see if you have EVER been admitted to a state run mental institution. They just asked for clarification why I didn't put it on there. I told them I didn't think it was relevant and got a dismissal from the hospital because they couldn't pull files that were over 5 years old. So, it shouldn't be a problem.
 
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