The way the United States does it’s mental health screening is a joke and needs to be re-evaluated. (Josh Horwitz;2017) “The specific disqualifications related to mental health are quite narrow. Under federal law, an individual is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms if they have been “adjudicated as a mental defective” or “committed to a mental institution.”. Being “adjudicated as a mental defective” means that you are a harm to yourself or others or that person lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage your own affairs. What about people who haven’t shown signs of mental illness? Or people who are good at hiding any kind of instabilities? Firearm distributors should only be allowed to sell to consumers who have passed a screening
