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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

That interpretation implies that every potential gun owner would be forced to actively prove their competence before purchasing (as it is in Japan, for example.) ...

That's your non sequitur extrapolation, not my implication.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

... The proposed mental health laws in this case are only taking away Constitutional rights from those who have already gone out of their way to prove themselves unfit.

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Not "only", that's why this:

Originally Posted by tw

... If information is wrong, then the list is appealed in court. Some 4000 did appeal and had their names removed from the list for various reasons ...

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

We also have Constitutional rights to life and freedom, but we routinely take those away when the situation warrants it.

Those are subject to oversight, that mental health rule was not. This country has a history of insufficient oversight in the management of those with mental illness.

So, what was the mental illness for which Cruz should have had his Constitutional rights taken away preemptively?

Cruz had been diagnosed with autism, a neurological disorder that often leads to social awkwardness and isolation, and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

If we can have commissions or boards make these determinations, then why not school boards to nip these people in the bud before they're even old enough to figure out how to get into trouble. Maybe they should also be barred from ever voting because they might want to vote for someone like Trump!.