This occurred in New York state, but given that the majority of legislators and bureaucrats here in Hawaii are of essentially the same ilk (they recognize NO right to keep and bear arms, and work to incrementally eliminate those rights to whatever extent they can) I hope we will beware of bills introduced in the coming legislative session that may attempt to accomplish similar objectives regarding our mental health records and the criteria used to determine "prohibited person". Last year senator Josh Green, with senators Ruderman and Baker co-sponsoring, introduced a bill requiring an in-person patient-paid-for psychological evauluation by a state-approved "mental health worker" within 90 days prior to the purchase of any firearm (if you happen to purchase a firearm quarterly, that's 4 psych evals for you each year!, which would add a significant percentage (aka "tax") to the cost of your firearms...). So we know what they want to do. Let's keep our eyes and ears open for their next move, as they would likely approve of denying someone their rights if that person asked for some pharmaceutical sleep aids.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/01/guns_confiscated_after_man_seeks_insomnia_treatment.htmlExcerpt:
In the old Soviet and East German police states of the Cold War, police kept secret files on scores of common people. Information was fed to the police by thousands of clandestine sources – and a seemingly banal or routine interaction with nearly anyone could lead to a surprise “knock on the door” by authorities. During the late Soviet era, communist leadership moved away from the executions and purges of the Stalin years and began to increasingly rely upon medical professionals to diagnose “enemies of the state” as insane – thus, a routine trip to your doctor could lead to a visit from police.
Although the Cold War ended over two decades ago, a lawsuit filed December 17 in U.S. District Court in Rochester, NY alleges that such heavy-handed police-state tactics are presently being employed in Andrew Cuomo’s New York. The suit, filed by attorney Paloma Capanna on behalf of plaintiff Donald Montgomery, alleges that the New York State Police ordered the permanent confiscation of Mr. Montgomery’s registered handguns after he sought treatment for insomnia. The confiscation was ordered under Cuomo’s “SAFE Act” gun-control law.
The allegations in the case are downright scary. The complaint contends that Montgomery, a Navy veteran and retired police officer who rose to the rank of detective sergeant during his 30-year career, voluntarily sought treatment for insomnia at a hospital on Long Island in May of 2014 after relocating to a new home several hundred miles from his previous residence.