It’ll be even easier than that.
If your mother dies and you go to the doctor with the flu. The doctor will commiserate with you and ask if you’ve been feeling depressed. You’ll answer truthfully, because you loved your mother. The doctor will talk to you about the symptoms that indicate depression.
Emotional Symptoms
constant sadness
irritability
hopelessness
feeling worthless or guilty for no reason
loss of interest in favorite activities
Physical Symptoms
trouble sleeping
low energy or fatigue
significant weight change
difficulty concentrating
These symptoms are so nebulous, that you find yourself thinking that you don’t might actually be depressed and it may not just be situationally related to your mother’s death. You have a few of these symptoms. You know the doctor is concerned.
It’s put in your medical file... even if you don’t ask for a prescription. And at every follow-up appointment you’re asked about how you’re feeling.
Later on, it’s determined by a bureaucrat that you suffer from a mental disorder!
You are absolutely right! I have a girlfriend who was prescribed anxiety medication for a short time. After her second stillbirth (and after three miscarriages), she was not sleeping well and sad. Of course, she was sad. The government can easily see that a 6 month prescription ten years prior could be an “indicator” that she suffers from Depression hence, no guns allowed. IMHO, this type of precedent leads to ALL of us not obtaining firearms.