New York state's new mental health reporting system that requires doctors to report patients that could be a danger to themselves or others in order to deny them the ability to purchase or own a gun has an astonishing 34,500 people on the list. Are there really that many dangerous, mentally unstable people in New York? Most experts don't think so. Even mental health professionals believe the number is too high. New York Times: The database, established in the aftermath of the mass shooting in 2012 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and maintained by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, is the result of the Safe Act. It is an expansive package of gun control measures pushed through by the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The law, better known for its ban on assault weapons, compels licensed mental health professionals in New York to report to the authorities any patient “likely to engage in conduct that would result in...(Read Full Post)