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I think restricting firearm sales to mentally impaired people seems obvious. However, my problems are feasibility and the slippery slope argument. Having a couple of mental health professionals in my family, they're constantly concerned about the lack of some sort of comprehensive database and the lack of institutional space.
Another question that comes to mind in this: if there are mental impairments that are so volatile that we need to restrict their access to firearms, should they be walking around unmonitored anyway? There are certainly other dangerous weapons, cars for example, that are likely to remain available. Frankly, I'm not sure we'll be able to make much of a dent in crime committed by the mentally impaired, because I'm not convinced our sense of humanity will allow the things that would truly make a difference.
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