[Kerberos]

"This issue isn't about gun ownership. It's about wreckless endangerment on the part of a steward or guardian. "

Well I didn't say insane, I said mentally deranged. And many of these people do not have stewards or guardians. If you have doubts just spend some time downtown on the streets of any major city.

Should these people have a right to carry firearms?

[inquest]

They should have all the same rights that the rest of us have - including the right to the means of self-defense - until such time as they've been adjudicated incompetent to remain free in society.

[Alan Chapman]

...I didn't say insane, I said mentally deranged.

What's the difference? In either case the people in question are incapable of advocating their own rights.

If you have doubts just spend some time downtown on the streets of any major city. Should these people have a right to carry firearms?

I have to wonder what insane people are doing wandering the streets.

Anyone who lacks sufficient mental capacity to advocate their own rights, or who is incapable of appreciating the consequences of their actions, should not be permitted to have a weapon of any kind let alone a gun. Anyone who gives an insane person a weapon should be charged with a crime.