I was told (by a MHP) when my daughter was ITA (when her lifetime cap of insurance ran out for inpatient stays, and the doc said to ITA for care)the only backlash was that she couldn't purchase a firearm. Good news? discrimination? she never used a weapon towards anyone. I'm not a gun toting individual myself, but if she didn't use a weapon and all that happened to her was her own mental health demise, shouldn't she be allowed to pack a pistol for so called safety or what if she wanted to join a rifle range club for fun?Doesn't she have the same Rights we all do? The very basic assumption, that because she has been involuntarily committed into a mental hospital stops her from anything upon her return to society, has given her limits, and is disgusting to me.It labeled her fast, as a possible danger if she could pack a pistol.It is an assumption, that because she had a breakdown, that she would come back and hurt people. Well she can hurt people with her hands and feet, gonna take those too? She will now return with that X on her record, and of course then try navigating into adulthood with future employers knowing she was at Western, if she dares tell them. Try telling her, when she is better, that she has limits in society now. Do I want her to have a gun? I live with her, what if she could buy a gun? would I allow it? would I be afraid she would kill me? There are some thought provoking questions. Actually,Ive been told that anything in your hand that remotely resembles a weapon, to a police officer can give them cause to shoot you with what....their gun. Try being deemed a danger to traffic by a Judge who committed you to psychiatric days in a mental hospital, because out of your mind, you ran down a road. Does this mean she can't cross streets now?

When I was small, my favorite thing to do was to leave flowers on my neighbors doorknobs. I would make paper cones with loop handles, and ring and run. I forgot it was May Day. That kind of May Day is my favorite.