Tucson lawmaker touts ‘loose cannon’ law
By Howard Fischer
"Citing the shootings in Tucson, a Southern Arizona lawmaker wants to force public schools, community colleges and universities to report students whose behavior might make them dangerous if they ever got a gun."
"The legislation by Rep. Matt Heinz, D-Tucson, would require all public entitles to notify the Department of Public Safety when a person has 'suffered a significant or severe psychological episode or incident' and that incident has been documented in writing. DPS would get that person's name, date of birth and social security number. ..."
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