I hope I'm wrong but I'm not so sure the mental health argument is going to win the day when there is a palatable fear across the nation of being killed in a mass shooting.
That fear is going to become controlling sooner or later and something is going to get done, & whatever that is going to be, its going to be the easiest thing to achieve. And what do think that is going to be? Identifying individuals with MH issues and then going through the due process of removing their firearms or just legislating a ban?
You might not like hearing it from me but the left is picking up on the right's tactics of fear mongering and fear will get it done. My instinct is that the wave is going to be to large to be blocked by a wall. Its just going to flow over it, so the gun lobby's best chance is to get ahead of it and work out a reasonable solution.
