I'm not sure, but I don't think HIPAA allows that.
Therein lies the problem doesn't it. Public safety vs privacy.
You end up finding yourself in exactly the same position as the NRA
and I am sure you are both uncomfortable there.
Should a doctor or psychologist be able to put an entry in the NCIC
that would block a gun sale and how do you do that without also
telling everyone else why.
It does open up the question, what else would that information be used
for?
Would employers avoid hiring that person?
Would landlords not rent to them?
Would it affect their credit score?
Would they have problems getting accepted to college?
That would, in effect, be like having "a police record" with all the
ramifications that implies.
I would have no objection to requiring those seeking a concealable
handgun to subject themselves to a serious "pass/fail" psychological
exam by a licensed practitioner. This isn't foolproof, of course, but it
might screen out some sociopaths. Of course, the screens would be
subject to the wrath of the subjects. And of course, where would the
results of the test be entered.
I've never claimed keeping guns out of the hands of the crazies is easy,
but we sure need to at least start a rational dialogue about how to do it.
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I'm a liberal because the militant fundamentalist ignorant
science-denying religious xenophobic corporate oligarchy of modern
Republican conservatism just doesn't work for me or my country.
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