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Cimarron29414 · 01-24-2011, 01:24 PM

Kirstang-

He was never treated for mental illness so no one could have known, my understanding is that his parents were notified he could not return to college without a mental health eval, but he was never evaluated. Again, these parents dropped the ball.

But, you have hit the nail on the head: There is little due process in Mental Health evaluations. Also, the state of one's mental health is rarely permanent. Can you imagine getting put on the "no guns" list for some temporary mental health issue and then going to the state to try to prove "I'm not crazy. No really, I'm not. Why am I here? So, I can buy a gun. But, I'm not crazy!" Yeah, find me a state mental health "expert" whose going to take on the liability of calling you "fit to own a firearm" again.

01-24-2011, 01:24 PM	#27 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	Kirstang- He was never treated for mental illness so no one could have known, my understanding is that his parents were notified he could not return to college without a mental health eval, but he was never evaluated. Again, these parents dropped the ball. But, you have hit the nail on the head: There is little due process in Mental Health evaluations. Also, the state of one's mental health is rarely permanent. Can you imagine getting put on the "no guns" list for some temporary mental health issue and then going to the state to try to prove "I'm not crazy. No really, I'm not. Why am I here? So, I can buy a gun. But, I'm not crazy!" Yeah, find me a state mental health "expert" whose going to take on the liability of calling you "fit to own a firearm" again. __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly."