Without legislation authorizing this move by the State Police it sounds like a huge HIPAA violation

HIPAA Law ....:I couldn't transfer Dr's w/o having to physical going there to get them but they can just pass our personal info around because the government says so wow I would like to see strongerlaws but this. is to personal and what mental state are u not allowed to buy a gun??

I support this. I think the burdens of gun ownership belong on the people who want them (intrusive examinations) rather than those of us who don't (militarized schools with armed guards).

I support this type of information being included in a background check. I was in law enforcement and saw many, many people with mental issues that owned guns. The HIPAA laws made it even more difficult to screen out those who were not stable enough for the responsibility of gun ownership.
If a person is threatening to harm themselves and you confiscated their firearms, they can petition the courts to get them back, or just go buy more.
The number of people that are being treated for some mental issue is astounding, and it requires a healthy mind to own firearms.
I fully believe in the Second Amendment and oppose the current political mindset that wants to ban semi-automatic rifles that "look" dangerous (all guns are dangerous, when mishandled or possessed by the mentally unstable or criminally minded), but I support stricter scrutiny for those who accept the responsibility of owning firearms. In my opinion, it is the most important Constitutional Right which helps us protect all other Rights (although I suppose it was the second most important to the Founding Fathers), and should be treated with great respect and diligence...or else we risk forfeiting that Right.

This is just another step for The Feds to take over our lives. The most Damage I see with this Kind of legislation is getting to the law abiding Gun owners. This is the reason a lot of Gun owners don't want the Feds to know they have guns. I certainly don't want the Doctors to ask me if I own guns. This is against my civil rights.

That's all well and good but Pennsylvania gun purchases don't even use NICS it uses PICS, Pennsylvania Instant Check System, so unless the information is being used there it doesn't matter.

COOL, they can start here. Can the mental health of some who post on this site be sent as well?

I'm pretty sure most people would agree that it's a bad idea to allow a person who, has paranoid schizophrenia to purchase a firearm. I'm not sure how you would know this if you didn't have a mental health backround check. You still may not know, unless they have already been involuntarily committed or arrested, but at least you can screen some dangerous persons out.

The NRA has always supported background checks to include mental adjudication histories for all gun sale transactions. Congressman Fitzpatrick's legislation is smart. Theresa, well written article.

If you are so worried about your personal information being thrown around, you should really look into what you do everyday. Log in your computer, swipe your credit card,make a phone call. I think your mental health record is the least of your worries, unless of course you have a record, then you should be worried about buying your next gun. I think this is FANTASTIC!!!

Only long guns can be bought out of state and transported personally from the out of state store to the persons residience, anything else must be shipped to an FFL within PA and PICS is done, and most crimes are commited with handguns and thats the reason its done that way. Trust me when i say that this shared information will keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally disparaged but unless PA gets its act together and switches to the NICS system i will do no good. The PICS system is outdated and overall is a slow running system if their is any volume of checks being done so i will be the first to say to PA to switch to the NICS system. All it is to PA is a way of making money and the State wants to make their money no matter how it does it.

I strongly support this action. Sue is correct. You make more information about you searchable by your daily actions than anything else. Everyone seems to be advocating for the rights of gun owners. What about the rights of people who want to be safe from the mentally deranged and stupid people who accidentally shoot someone?????

I understand that this law aims to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, but considering that those people saddled with a mental illness are far more likely to find themselves the victim of a crime, I highly doubt this would have any measurable impact.