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I am not sure if I see the point in this. I guess it makes sense. It's like car insurance - I you can't afford the car insurance, you cannot drive. The huge downside here is it would require you to register any / all firearms with the local government. While I am fine with this - If find it highly unlikely that the US government is going to take our firearms away from us - but I can see the vast majority of gun owners have large issues with this.
I honestly believe our first step is mental health issues. My wife works for a doctor's office, and her computer system is set up with local hospital systems. They do this for "our protection". For example, a patient came in and needed an operation and failed to mention he just had a heart attack two weeks prior. If you see one doctor, every other doctor in the system knows about it.
I've mentioned this before on GFY and was told this would be an issue due to privacy concerns. No, it isn't. The doctor files already exist, the government already has access to this, and you've already signed away your privacy rights when you asked for the background check.
Then... If you have seen a counselor/therapist or if you are on certain medications in the past three years, you are restricted from owning a firearm. If anyone in your house has seen a counselor/therapist in the past three years, or been on certain medications, you are restricted from owning a firearm.
99.9% of firearm owners are legal, law abiding citizens. It's the mentally ill that is the problem.
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