Who gets to define what a "serious mental problem" is?
The problem is that the government will make the determination and basically anyone who ever told their doctor that they were depressed or suffering from anxiety or has received a prescription for Paxil or Prosac or valium could be barred from ever owning a firearm.
Don't get suckered into this. Americans have a RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. It is not conditional. It is not subject to government approval or subject to being examined by a mental health official.
If you commit a serious crime, then your rights can be stripped from you as a punishment for the crime. But other than that, everyone in America has a RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
Exactly. Look at who can be included in the database. Some will be included AFTER adjudication and some WITHOUT any adjudication whatsoever.
And there will be no consistent application of standards for those not adjudicated. Some will get evaluated by physicians. Others by psychologists. Some by masters level clinicians. Some by student interns. Others by cops and medics. There will be different levels of expertise and different evaluations for those put in the database without legal adjudication.
I just don't believe in stripping people of their constitutionally given rights without adjudication.