Comments on: Scott Signs Bill To Restrict Mentally Ill From Buying Guns

By: jackie

jackie — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:18:25 +0000

I am not surprised that Governor Scott signed this bill. He may have received a campaign contribution from a special interest group advocating gun control, Special interest have been pulling this puppets strings his entire term. Have any of you seen GEO group just made a very generous campaign donation to his reelection efforts? Governor Scott has served his and his contributors interest, not the peoples.

By: ralphie

ralphie — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:27:09 +0000

Gov. Scott…

Less four votes on your re-election bid.

I am done voting for politicians that promise one thing, but vote another…aka Marco The Rino Rubio…

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:22:54 +0000

The real question that should be asked when someone is purchasing a gun is “are you on prescription medication of any kind? So many people I know taking a prescription drug are affected mentally so this law should be interesting. Seems to me the prescription should be checked out before the person is called “mentally ill” also. Side effects are the real thing and the percentage of Americans (forget Floridians) taking prescriptions drugs is out of control.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:05:06 +0000

So if someone is having a rough time of it for example a cop gets in a shoot out or shot at or has to take a life and this cop ask for help he/she just lost their job and the right to own a firearm,all because they elected to get help.It seems to me this will cause people to hold in or withdraw from getting help and maybe make them into someone who is now dangerous when this could have been avoided.i am all for keeping the guns out of certain peoples hands but when you voluntary ask for help i think that says a lot about the person and they should not be punished in doing so.How would you like a law to come out that reads if you ask for help you loose your job.

By: Scott has lost my vote

Scott has lost my vote — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:31:22 +0000

As a nurse, I am well aware of many people with psychiatric illnesses who are afraid to get treatment or even take an antidepressant. There are many, many more who will never seek psychiatric help at a facility due to the social stigma associated with all mental illnesses. I know people in my own family that need help, but refuse treatment because another family member or social acquaintance has made statements that anyone who takes medicine for a mental illness is crazy.

Governor Scott has just set back the efforts of years of our medical communities efforts to educate the public and take away the stigma of asking for help, getting counseling, or taking medication for mental illnesses. The vast majority of people seeking help for a mental illness are not a danger to themselves or others. Many times they are hospitalized to monitor new medications or because they had side effects from a medication. Most people admitted to a mental facility are suicidal or homacidal.

I also know of vindictive people who accuse their partners of abuse or mental illness, getting them forced into a mental health hospital (Baker Acted) or arrested as a way of manipulating them. I saw a home patient’s mother scratch her arm on a nail. When her husband got home, they had an argument in front of me. He never touched her, yet she called the cops, showed them her scratch and accused her husband of trying to cut her with a knife. That is one of many cases I’ve seen through the years.

The vast majority of people volunterering to enter a mental health facility are not mentally incapacitated, a danger to themselves or to others.

Governor Scott has lost my vote in his next political race!!

By: ONE MORE TIME

ONE MORE TIME — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:23:35 +0000

there are already laws on the books to keep the mentally ill from purchasing firearms. get a copy of the federal book from a dealer and read it. there are so many laws that the government doesn’t even know what is in it. the problem is in communication between agencies. often the back ground check does not show the mental issues because the fdle has no record of them. it would seem to me that not many people would walk in and say I want to buy a gun, and by the way I am mentally challenged. the intent of the law has merit, in real life I think it is useless.