Reply #44: Question,

[Indy Lurker]

You said:

"I say that I find it horrifying that information like my medical records would be stored in a databank for no purpose, because I would never do anything that would require that the databank be accessed"

Wouldn't there still need to be a databank?

If a person applies for a gun license, how do you verify their mental health status if there is no database?

If the information isn't "sitting around permanently in a databank waiting for someone to ask for it."

How do you no where to look?

If John Smith moves from Town A to Town B, gets a new doctor, and then applies for a gun license, how would anyone ever find out John was treated for severe mental illness in Town A?

ONEDIT: You answered this in another post.

It sounds like it up to the firearms officer to determine how much investigation is done.

It also sounds like this would take forever.

It takes 6 months for the state of Illinois to do a ncis check and issue an ID.

How does your system catch catch a person who already has a license, and then has mental health issues?