Why is it still possible to sell guns to known mentally unstable people in the USA?

Question

That is,

why a person that has been into mental institutions and is suspected by the PD of harassment can still own a legal gun permit.

Answer 1

It falls under the presumption of innocent. He was not convicted of a crime, had no record. Voluntary admission to a mental health center does not automatically 'flag' a person . Only the councilor and director can do that. Obviously, with him on the medication and councilling, they felt he was able to rejoin society and was discharged. We have no idea what expired afterwards and must wait for more info to come out of the investigation.

Answer 2

Because the people who sell the guns do not have the right to find out if someone is mentally ill. It's because another right, the right to privacy. This is where two rights collide and in the end, one right will be stronger and the other one weaker. If they choose to change the laws. Which privacy advocates say that when they take away a privacy right, it is a step toward a dictatorship or communism or something where the people have no rights because they lost the right to privacy. Privacy groups are so scared of losing the privacy rights they really do not care how many people die before the will allow a change in the privacy laws.

Answer 3

Define "known". Does everyone where you live "know" whether or not you are or aren't mentally stable? Is it tattooed across your forehead, or do you carry a card in your wallet? And are you talking about the legal gun dealers, private sellers who sell one or two weapons per year and aren't regulated, or the thousands of illegal gun dealers around the country who don't really care as long as they get paid?

Here in the DC area (including MD and VA), there aren't really any gun shops, and the local gun laws have always been stricter here. But everyone seems to have lots and lots of guns. And we also seem to have more than our share of crazy people and criminals here (look at Congress). Increased regulation of firearms isn't really going to make any difference.

Answer 4

Because people / choe lied on the form they/ he filled out.

Although there is a question that asks if you've been deemed to have mental illness, the store used an insta check method that will only flag someone who's been charged with a felony.

Answer 5

Anothe gun myth. It is illegal for someone with a Federal Firearms License to knowingly sell a gun to someone with a mental health problem.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Permission is required on gun applications to check for mental history, if the applicant declines, their history will not be checked.

The ACLU argued and won this right for the mental disturbed.

Do you feel safer?

Answer 8

Because we can't see thru people,we don't wear labels and no one knows what someone is thinking when when you buy a gun and they certainly don't tell anyone

Answer 9

Oh boy....everyone already said it. You can't have it BOTH ways, either you have NO rights (Homeland Security, Wiretapping, Big Brother) or you have rights (ACLU, privacy). Pick one and realize that inherent problems will follow either way.

Answer 10

Its not, however, he was voluntarily admitted for mental care and that's why it didn't show up on his record. Also, many who met him didn't know the extent of his illness.