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Granted, I'm not calling for a ban, but I'm more worried about someone with depression having a gun. My rationale is simply that there are a lot of depressed people, and the impairment lasts longer, thus the risk exposure is higher.

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29% of people report having been diagnosed with depression in their lifetimes [1]. Major depression seems to be more like 8.3% [2], but once you start restricting someone's freedoms based on their state of minds, the treatment itself becomes stigmatized.

If I'm ever asked in an attempt to limit my rights, I'll say that I never have and I'll be convincing. The only proper way to implement this kind of policy is by using police reports based on credible threats towards others.

Self-harm isn't something that needs more policing; let's stick to better treatment there.

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/505745/depression-rates-reach-n...

[2] https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression

Indeed, and depression is what I usually bring up when someone says that we can manage guns by keeping them away from people with mental illness. My knee jerk response is that it's too many people, and impossible to make it actually work.

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