As amusing as it may be to add colorful bullshit to the examples you use, they only make you look like an idiot.
Yes, his forms came back ok. The university where he threatened a professor did not follow thru, so his forms came back fine.
Then that's not good enough. It just isn't. Especially given the type of weapon he was buying that day- an AR-15 and a drum magazine.
If his name was Achmed, I promise you that it didn't matter what the form said, someone would have said something.
According to the SCOTUS, it is an individual right, not a privilege.
Well, that's all manner of fucked up. sorry, it just is, It also ignored nearly 200 years of precedent that allowed states and cities to regulate gun ownership.
I don't give a shit about advertising for doctors to get more patients. If a mental health professional knows their patient in dangerous, they have a duty to report it to the authorities for inclusion in the database.
But once you make that a practice, no one is going to seek help after that. SO you are back to square one.
On the other hand, if you have real, thorough background checks, like what a company might give you before they hired you, you'd probably catch the nuts. All of Holmes' friends knew he was nuts. His mother knew he was nuts. His school knew he was nuts.
The gun seller- "Hey, Computer says you aren't nuts."
"Why... So... Serious?"