Reply #5: My BiPolar daughter cannot own a gun in NYS [View All]

[HockeyMom]

She cannot join the police force, or the military. Anything involving guns. It's not just ILLEGAL drug use. She takes what is referred to as mood stabilizers. I suppose the worry is that if she DOESN'T take her meds what will happen.

I know what she was like before her treatment. Although I doubt she would kill somebody else if she had a gun while not taking her meds, I would never say never. A more likely scenario would be she would committ suicide because she did try several times. If she had owned a gun then, she probably would be dead now.

People with mental illnes should not be around guns. I have also worked with mentally ill adults. No, you do not want them anywhere near weapons, or anything that can even be used as a weapon.