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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
Realize that very few people that seek treatment for mental illness commit crimes and that the people that shoot and kill people are not all mentally ill. It is a fallacy that all of these incidents are due to mental illness. BTW, while I find HIPAA annoying in many ways (mainly because people don't understand how to apply it) you would be very upset if someone violated your HIPAA rights and blasted your personal medical information to anyone...say your boss or your parents. There are good reasons for these laws.
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I was being facetious there. I don't think someone who is seeking treatment for a mental illness is any more dangerous to society than an CHL holder but many people will disagree with that. Gun crimes in this country are extremely low given the estimated 280 million privately owned firearms that are out there. If we the people were as irresponsible with firearms as some activists and politicians pretend we are how come we aren't having 1,000+ shootings a day? More people are killed in DUI related car accidents every year in the U.S. than gun homicides (not including suicides). Typically gun crimes are committed by people using stolen or illegally obtained firearms, not CHL holders, so why make them the target?