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.