Texas Gun Owners! Are mentally stable enough to own a gun?

 Janek's amendment calls for a mental health screening system that could potentially cover every child in the state! His language calls for "screening for co-occurring physical, mental, and substance-abuse disorders" -- with no guarantee that that won't be done over the objections of the parents. It is common knowledge that public schools routinely insist upon medicating (drugging) students to control behavior.

Federal law prohibits firearms ownership to those who are addicted to controlled substances (such as Ritalin) -- whether obtained legally or not. So the state could first determine a child has unacceptable mental behavior, then insist upon prescribed drugs as a solution... and later find that the "addicted" person is not able to own a gun.

Any way you look at it, this type of Orwellian control is simply unacceptable. And when looked at as a perfect avenue for the gun grabbers to expand the list of prohibited persons, it is a situation that should be of immediate concern to all Texas gun owners.

ACTION: Please call your representative and senator right away and    ask them to insist that the Janek language (Senate Committee Amendment No. 1) be stricken from HB 2572. You can call them at       512-463-4630.                                                                

(You can find out who your state legislators are by using the GOA Legislative Action Center at www.gunowners.org/activism.htm and then typing in your zip code into the Elected Officials box. After that,   click on the highlighted state link to see who your state legislators are.)

Also, if you have time, please contact Governor Rick Perry and give   him the same message. Ask him to stop pushing for the Janek "mental health" language. You can contact him at 512-463-0001.