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Originally Posted by smyles
As for the stricter gun controls, from what I've read the Aurora shooter was an exemplary citizen, w/o any prior convictions, so any filters would hardly prevent him from legally buying a gun.
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I'm not sure if this guy had ever seen a mental health provider, but despite the intrusion into personal medical records, I think there should be a way for background checks to see if you have ever seen a mental health specialist, and then investigate for what.
Sorta the same thing with the VT shooter. He was already a troubled individual who had been seeing IIRC the school psychiatrist prior to the events of 4/16/07.
I think having a certain diagnosis should be reported. Not necessarily what the diagnosis was but have a guideline for which conditions would not be wise to give a gun, such as paranoid schizophrenics. And then just flag them with the ATF or something.