This is why I know that all the gun-control hand-wringing is disingenuous. There is no serious discussions about the impact these medications are having in mass school shootings. Instead the media are content in only focusing on “assault rifles” as the cause.
This is about taking down the NRA and weakening the Second Amendment, nothing more.
We have to watch carefully what the Feds do here with psych meds.
First,the DEA could classify psych meds as class 5 controlled substances. Thus would put anti depressants, anti psychotics on State controlled substance databases.
Then, FEDs could require that background checks include a controlled substance database check. Patients on certain meds could be prohibited from getting a firearm or they could require a doctor’s clearance which might not happen or take some time.
We have to prempt this sort of attack on the second and 4th amendments at the State level. We need to make sure that no law enforcement agencies (State or Fed) can troll these medical records w/o a court order (and not some BS administrative warrant).
At this point, avoid psych providers like the plague.