Texas church shooting leaves many dead (atleast 27).

[ArchangelMadzz]

Aeolus451 said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

The idea of it being made easier is that it will be difficult to prove, due to the nature of the written law and of mental illness that someone is mentally ill. So a lot of time and effort will have to go into barring someone from owning a gun that will likely not happen. 

Not really. If someone is diagnosed by a legit doctor for certain mental illnesses then it should be fairly easy to blackllist them from buying a gun. The whole point is to keep unqualified people from using "you have a mental problem" as a justification to bar normal people from getting a gun. 

People go and get diagnosed because they want help. If someone doesn't want help they go undiagnosed. They walk into a gun store:

 

"History of mental illness?"

"Nope" 

*Searches, finds nothing*

"Alright that'll be..."

 

And as I mentioned a doctor can only give their opinion, when it comes to mental health one doctor may say someone definitely has schizophrenia and another doctor can disagree. There isn't some test that can be done to prove it.