re: #36 Destro

This guy thus would have not been tagged a lunatic under your view of how such a law would function:

The shooter’s Mom didn’t sound the least bit surprised:

According to ABC News, a San Diego woman identifying herself as James Holmes’ mother, Arlene, spoke briefly with the news crew Friday morning.

The woman had awoken unaware of the news of the shooting and had not been contacted by authorities. She immediately expressed concern that her son may have been involved.

“You have the right person,” the mother said, speaking on instinct. “I need to call the police,” she added. “I need to fly out to Colorado.”

If she’d acted on her instincts and sought an involuntary commitment at least he wouldn’t have been able to legally acquire the arms cache.