People suffering from severe depression should be banned from purchasing/carrying guns

[Sancho]

61. I used to live in Alaska, and in past years I was a mental health professional.

It's not a problem to create definitions of mental and emotional health. Again, your story isn't relevant to the issue. Yes, if you are dangerous you should get food some other way than shooting it! Yes, if you have past mental health issues they might keep you from ever owning guns. If you have active TB, you should not be allowed to be a bus driver or sell hot dogs at a ball stadium until you are deemed safe.

Regardless, I'm not requiring a "medical diagnosis" in order to get a license. I'm suggesting a simple screening.

If you get a driver's license, you likely have to pass a vision test. The DMV are NOT optometrists but you still have to be able to read the signs. I'm suggesting a simply screening/interview/examination and background check by someone with a little training and aimed at obvious potential issues for gun abuse.

I'm also suggesting that professionals could revoke or prevent someone from possessing a gun or a license to posses a gun. Sooooo, if you had such a license and were at the ER for attempted suicide or getting treatment for depression or whatever; then you could have a hold put on your guns and your license revoked.

It would not catch everyone and people change, but MANY of the recent mass shootings were by people would be obviously denied a gun license by almost any screening process.