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Are Climate Skeptics Too 'Mentally Ill' to Buy Guns Under Obama's New Rules?

• mrctv.org

Under Obama's new rules, doctors can now report people deemed "mentally ill" to the FBI so they can be denied gun licenses.

As the official White House fact sheet on the new gun control regulations states (emphasis added):

"Current law prohibits individuals from buying a gun if, because of a mental health issue, they are either a danger to themselves or others or are unable to manage their own affairs.  The Social Security Administration (SSA) has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to ensure that appropriate information in its records is reported to NICS."

If, as Pres. Obama has repeatedly claimed, climate change is a greater threat than terrorism, then aren't people who deny the climate threat "a danger to themselves or others" and unfit to own guns?

The idea that climate skeptics are mentally ill is nothing new: