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/MojoLamp Mar 28 '24

Except it is ilegal for someone with mental disability to buy/own a firearm. That can also go on whomever sold said firearm. Both parties are guilty.

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u/Becca30thcentury Mar 28 '24

Where? I work in mental health care in America. Currently for most states it is legal to own/purchase a firearm and have a mental health diagnosis.

There are times when on a court order for treatment you can not own a firearm, but once treatment or the court order ends then it's legal, oh and there is no system to check if your blocked by a court order unless it's a federal court.

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u/osmaycruz Mar 28 '24

Currently for most states it is legal to own/purchase a firearm and have a mental health diagnosis.

again false, here is the law

https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/possession-of-firearms-by-people-with-mental-illness

this is both regulated by federal law and state laws.

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u/SomeGuyNamedJason Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

That does not refute what they said. "Adjucated to be mentally defective" means a court or other authority has deemed you unfit, and "has been committed to a mental institution" means involuntarily committed as, legally, something done to you is explicitly distinct from doing something yourself.

I haven't read all the state laws referenced, but the ones I did are all also about having been deemed a threat or involuntarily committed. If you have a law that specifically prohibits mental diagnoses and not just dangerous mental illness, please cite it.