[Scotsman will be Free]

The “problem” is that currently, you have to be adjudicated by a court to be mentally defective. You know, due process. As I understand it, this bill will allow a “board, commission, or pyschiatrist” to judge you as a mental defective, and then you are toast.

[neverdem]

The “problem” is that currently, you have to be adjudicated by a court to be mentally defective. You know, due process. As I understand it, this bill will allow a “board, commission, or pyschiatrist” to judge you as a mental defective, and then you are toast.

See the link in comment# 44. Any two physicians has been ruled legal in NY by a federal judge, IIRC.

[hunter112]

As I understand it, this bill will allow a “board, commission, or pyschiatrist” to judge you as a mental defective, and then you are toast.

Good point. I fear gun laws that use the existance of even an expired restraining order as a basis for denying ownership. It's too easy for a vengeful ex to get one based on absolutely no merit.

How about the idea of allowing the accused to challenge the diagnosis in court, with damages allowed for unreasonable defamation? Surely, a truly mentally defective person might not even contest the issue, and if they did, a court might make its own independent findings.