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In reply to the discussion: I spent three weeks in a psychiatric treatment program, does that diminish me as a human being? [View all]Denninmi
(6,581 posts)Ok, you are concerned about gun murders committed by people with mental illness. What percentage of fatal shootings are committed by people with a diagnosed mental illness? What percentage by undiagnosed? What percentage of those committed by those without a mental illness, but just are simply criminals, or intoxicated, or turn on a partner or family member during a vicious fight?
As to your second question - because the vast majority are never adjudicated legally incompetent or involuntarily committed. Those people, and I am one of them, have the exact same 2nd Amenment rights as you do. As it should be, there is still a presumption of innocence, and we don't recognize " pre-crime" a la 'Minority Report'.
See this link: this is the current law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Instant_Criminal_Background_Check_System