Pudfark wrote:callmeslick wrote:thanks guys, for illustrating the need to tighten the mental health part of background checks. Some outright hallucinatory stuff, above.
What "mental health background check"...no data base exists.
It doesn't exist.
the database does exist, at least in most states. What will happen is to attempt to standardize across all states, and incorporate the data into background check process.
It's a "scouts honor" type thingy on the BATF form.
I think you will see that process change a bit......
Doctor/Patients along with Lawyer/Clients have a similar legal relationship.
Until that changes...nobody is gonna have that data base and or the imaginary
info that you and others think is "there".
sorry to let you know, but your doctor is legally mandated to report certain findings to the authorities, including signs of self-abuse, signs of abuse by others, many common medical conditions for the purpose of transportation licensure, evidence of seizures, etc, etc, etc. Thus, adding gun license or purchase databases to that list is EASY, and, if I read the Orders correctly, WILL be done.
I am not putting you "down" for it...I was charged with the responsibility of knowing all of this at one time. It ain't changed....yet. Though, I agree with you, it should.
The sooner, the better, for us all.
you were in a different position, if, by the above, you are viewing it as a police officer. No, a Doctor cannot be forced to testify to a policeman in most cases, but reporting to government databases for the purpose of licensure or public safety(the latter data getting forwarded to cops) is required.
