I have to be honest with you, as someone with bipolar in the family, it would scare the hell out of me to not have any recourse in disarming somebody having a manic episode.
You’d need to live with full blown mania to understand the precarious situation a firearm in the mix would have.
So let me put it to you folks, should there be recourse to disarm somebody in mental distress? What should the criteria be for disarming somebody who is hearing voices?
No one ever claimed that living withing societies that respect basic rights, and have rule of law, creates perfect safety for all. Just that it's far better than the alternative.
And that's why the Founders codified the right to Bear Arms.
There are lots of reasons to disarm the people and tyrants will always find a good one.
The risk of armed peoples doing bad things with those arms is real.
But as TRH says it's a much better option than disarming the people for their safety.
