New York State Mental health/Gun law:

"The law, better known for its ban on assault weapons, compels licensed mental health professionals in New York to report to the authorities any patient “likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others.”

"A newly created database of New York of those  deemed too mentally unstable to carry firearms has grown to roughly 34,500 names, "   Among the people named in the database, fewer than 300 were found to have a permit. State officials said they did not know how many guns were subsequently seized from them. "

"Because the names in New York’s database and the circumstances of their cases are private, it is impossible to independently determine whether the people in it are truly dangerous."

"New York’s mental health system, has 144,000 people were admitted in 2012 for treatment in community hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals or state-operated psychiatric centers."

144,000 per rear, 34,500 reported dangerous.