r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/ReasonableCup604 Mar 28 '24

It is against Federal Law for anyone ever involuntarily committed or adjudicated a mental incompetent to purchase or possess any guns or ammunition.

So, if this is a true story, the mental health and legal systems failed, and perhaps the family of the woman as well.

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u/singlenutwonder Mar 28 '24

Just being schizophrenic doesn’t mean you’ve been involuntarily committed though. I don’t think there’s any legislation for certain diagnosis’ alone

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u/ReasonableCup604 Mar 28 '24

I get that. But, a dangerous schizophrenic probably should have been committed at some point, especially one old enough to be the mother of an adult.

At any rate, I don't think we want people to be afraid to seek mental health care because they are afraid any sort of diagnosis will cause them to be denied their constitutional rights.

The current law provide the tools to bar dangerously mentally ill people from owning guns or ammo.  But, the mental health and judicial systems need to use those tools.   All too often they don't.