[fabsroman]

Lilred,

I think there already is a standard of mental illness that is used to judge if somebody needs to be committed. If they are a danger to themselves or to the public, I believe they can be committed, and I believe this is the standard used to determine whether or not somebody can own a firearm. Usually, it is a Court order that has to commit a person. So, I don't think going to the psychiatrist for depression is going to get a person banned from owning a firearm.

By the way, I was a horrible student in kindergarten and first grade. I cried almost all the time and even threw a chair at a teacher once. In 2nd grade, everything was fine. In 3rd grade, I got straight A's. By the time I was in 5th grade, I was in mostly advanced classes. If I were in your shoes, I would have done the exact same thing, but probably like Val's guy did (i.e., a lot of profanity). The kids were playing a game with a paper contraption that I have no idea how they make. So what. We used to do it too, but I never made the thing.

Val, I agree with your son putting the other kid in the trash can and I agree with how your guy handled it, except maybe for the cussing, but I could have been guilty of that too under those circumstances. A client of mine grabbed a lady's rear in a crowded bar, and after she finished beating his drunk self senseless, he was charged with 2nd degree assault and sexual assault. He ended up getting a PBJ on that one, but I decided not to represent him in it because it was in a "good ole boys" part of Maryland, and I wouldn't have been considered one of the "good ole boys."