re: Mental health background check for gun purchases

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I get it and I certainly don't want the government handling it. My only point to the thread was that so many people are calling for mental health screenings to own guns, when the reality is there are many other things that cause a lot more deaths that don't require mental health screenings to buy.

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I'm with you. I was trying to say that a mental health background check could involve speaking to people that know the person in question. People that are familiar with them and how they have acted or how they have changed. A psychologist is great but they are just looking at a snapshot of that person at that time. No way they can spot a big change in personality.

Basically I agree with you.