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The Obama administration has set a goal to restrict firearms guaranteed under the 2nd amendment. Their first attempt has failed but their second attempt will focus on mental illness. Once a diagnosis of mental illness is made, the right to bear arms will be restricted or more likely, eliminated for the individual. A good example was a seminar in Raleigh, NC in May, 2013 where a panel of dubious distinction explained how mental illness evaluations should be a requirement for firearm registration.
Doctors are now asking patients if they own a firearm as part of their examinations.
Imagine trying to justify firearm ownership by people who are considered mentally ill (by the government). Which is why this will be the focus for disarming the people.
David DeGerolamo
CDC: ‘Nearly 50% of U.S. Adults Will Develop at Least One Mental Illness’
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says that at any given moment about a quarter of American adults are mentally ill and that over the course of their lifetimes about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental illness.
A CDC mental-health fact sheet–Mental Illness Surveillance Among U.S. Adults–says that “published studies report that about 25% of all U.S. adults have a mental illness and that nearly 50% of U.S. adults will develop at least one mental illness during their lifetime.”
The fact sheet also notes that the authors of a 2011 CDC mental health surveillance report pointed out that “currently, no surveillance efforts at the national or state level are directed toward documenting anxiety disorders.” The authors thus call for “initiating national-level anxiety disorder surveillance activities.”
The will not destroy the 2nd Amendment. It will be the lack of belief in it by the people.