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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
The problem is who will decide whether a person who wants to buy a gun is or is not a "crackpot"?
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Well let's see. If they've been regular visitors to the local drug rehab center courtesy of a court order, it's a pretty good guess that they probably shouldn't own a firearm. If they have an existing, active diagnosis of borderline personality disorder with delusional tendencies, I'm thinking maybe nix on the AR-15. If she was hospitalized in the last year for attempted suicide - don't issue a license, don't sell the gun.
While this information isn't public knowledge unless it's the result of a court order, it is in a database. Any time a patient poses a threat to anyone including themselves, that information is put into a database.
The seller doesn't even need to know WHY they're being told not to sell the gun. They only need to know "this person has a red flag on her request."