As the article mentioned, there is already mechanism in place to a judge these cases – the Left clearly wants to push the envelop past this point.
“...it involves having people adjudicated as such in a court of law with the opportunity to defend themselves...”
That’s not a very clearly stated mechanism. What has to happen to get a seriously deranged individual into such a court? Some act of violence or public disturbance?
It seems with all the recent mass shootings by mentally ill shooters, there were plenty of people aware of the individual & their issues. We are still missing that step that stopped them from easily acquiring a weapon.
A doctor flagging the individual to the NICS seems a reasonable start. Not for simple depression, but for signs that an individual is clearly delusional or showing signs of psychosis.
Yes, no doubt leftists (including doctors) might abuse such a system. But some kind of civil penalty by the person appealing such a designation in order to exercise 2nd A. rights might be attached to legislation for cases of clear abuse.