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who decides
Mental health professionals, who can diagnosis people.
so, do i want someones medical records to be used by a gun dealer
No. But there could be some data base that looks you up by ICD10 codes. And if you have one say of schizophrenia, then you'd be denied a gun.
And personally I've never looked at a gun as being some God given right. You don't **need** a gun to survive. So I don't feel like we're taking peoples rights away that might have severe depression/schizophrenia just because we won't give them an AR15.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/10/2018 at 18:35 UTC
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Self defense is considered a natural right, given by god.
When those that would harm you have guns, it is hardly unusual to suggest that you should as well.
We dont take peoples rights away without due process of law.
Medical treatment is not due process. There is a process by which someone with Schizophrenia can be deemed mentally incompetent and their rights would be taken away.
You arent following my question, clearly HCP's diagnose people, but you are then suggesting that someone who may have had an depressive episode have their rights limited because of that episode, when that medical diagnosis is not due process.
All one must do then is diagnose someone as ill to take away their rights and that's a level of government control that I couldnt see as reasonable its a direct violation of the 5th amendment.