[elpadre]

I recall an article several years ago when the last gun control threat was in full bloom, that when the 1963 Disabilities Act was signed into law, the mentally ill were mainstreamed into society - work places, schools, etc. Thereafter all control of some very sick mentally ill people was lost.

Any validity to the article??

If true then we need to get after Congress to revisit that disability law and tighten it up, IMO.

[Conservaliberty]

I am mentally ill. I have a diagnosis of bipolar. I work in a public place, own a car, and interact with people on a daily basis with no problems whatever. People with mental illnesses should not be segregated unless they are a threat to themselves or others, in which case they need to be hospitalized or locked up (such as for violent criminals).

I am sure I will be called over-sensitive, but of course I am sensitive to something that threatens my constitutional rights.

There is nothing valid in denying constitional rights under a blanket “you’re mentally ill” statement.

As I said in my comment, I am not a second class citizen. I am intelligent, hardworking, have a college degree which I earned all by myself, am poor enough to accept welfare but don’t because I want to stand on my own two feet.

I should not be denied the right to own a gun because I have a few neurotransmitters missing.