"New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban and provisions to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill who make threats."
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/NATL-NY-Assembly-Expected-to-Pass-Gun-Bill--186917571.html
Most of the parts of this law are pretty basic for what people have been calling for to protect against gun violence. The interesting section of the law covers mental health.
"In another provision, a therapist who believes a mental health patient made a credible threat to use a gun illegally would be required to report it to a mental health director who would have to notify the state. A patient's gun could be taken from him or her."
It will be interesting to see how this would actually play out in reality. Does this now put liability on the therapist for not reporting a credible threat? Does the therapist have to know that the patient has a gun to act on the threats the patient makes in order to report to the mental health director? What if the patient lives with someone who owns a gun? Will the owners gun be taken away because of the patient?
Hate to see the first case for this to play out.
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