 , Cuomo has said the NY Safe Act is designed to prohibit "dangerously mentally ill" persons from purchasing a gun. Does not this bill expand the domain of people who can be denied possession of firearms? Keep in mind that Federal law already prohibits gun ownership and possession by individuals who have been voluntarily or involuntarily committed to a mental health hospital. Yet New York's proposed amendment attempts to skirt Federal law by potentially prohibiting anyone who has even a scintilla of "mental health issues" from possessing a firearm. This is an implicit presumption of the bill.  , Cuomo has said the NY Safe Act is designed to prohibit "dangerously mentally ill" persons from purchasing a gun. Does not this bill expand the domain of people who can be denied possession of firearms? Keep in mind that Federal law already prohibits gun ownership and possession by individuals who have been voluntarily or involuntarily committed to a mental health hospital. Yet New York's proposed amendment attempts to skirt Federal law by potentially prohibiting anyone who has even a scintilla of "mental health issues" from possessing a firearm. This is an implicit presumption of the bill. 