New York flags 278 gun owners as mentally unstable.

[analog_kidd]

The question I always wonder about, is are these people reimbursed for the value of these guns, or are they just taken? I'd say for many people this could amount to tens of thousands of dollars. How can you value a family heirloom. What if it's somebody's crazy dad with a generational hand me down collection? Can the (adult) kid claim the guns and get them?

[Volphin]

This reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials.  sigh...

[DaveTN]

The names in the database are confidential. Judges have to sign off on the suspensions and confiscations, and someone who faces the loss of their permit and weapons can challenge the order.

So how do they get the information? Who is taking these cases to the court?

The Feds want to keep guns out of the hands of everyone because some nut cases might get them. If they can pick the nut cases out; I don’t have a problem with that. 278 out of 20 million sounds like they really don’t have a good start yet.

Sorry, but I know some mental defects that have absolutely no business with a gun.