1.  Define the following as used in the article:
--pejorative (para. 2, 13)
--adjudicated (para. 4, 14)
--ambiguous (para. 13)

2.  How are leaders in the mental health community reacting to an effort in Congress to enhance federal gun background checks?

3.  a) Why should Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui have been prevented from buying any guns?
b) Do you think that if Cho had not been able to purchase any guns he wouldn't have killed anyone?  Explain your answer.

4.  How is "adjudication as a mental defective" defined in federal regulation?

5.  Why are New York leaders Sen. Shumer and Rep. McCarthy reintroducing a bill on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System?

6.  What do mental health officials fear will happen with people who suffer from mental illnesses, if the bill is passed?

7.  What do you think?  Should legislation be passed to ensure that states report mental health records to the Criminal Background Check database (to prevent people with mental illnesses from purchasing firearms)?  Explain your answer.