Eagle Scout, pianist, veteran...
Textbook case of why selling modern weapons to a "good guy" today is not necessarily an indicator of what he will do with them tomorrow when he snaps. Or what his kids will do with them when they find them laying around the house.
No doubt the drafters of the 2nd Amendment in the late 1700s were aware of people with sudden or chronic mental problems who could pose a danger to their families or neighbors. But the damage a person could do with a single-shot musket was limited. Settlers out on the frontier needed their muskets for hunting food and for protection without law enforcement nearby.
I'll bet opioid manufacturers wish their deadly "products" were "protected" by (the perverted interpretation of) a Constitutional Amendment.
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