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It's already illegal for anyone that is deemed mentally deficient to buy or posses a firearm. It's a federal felony. Has been for decades.
Federal law only applies when someone has reasonable cause to believe that such person “has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution.” How would a seller even know such a thing?:
http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-...session-of-a-firearm-by-the-mentally-ill.aspx
One of the first things Trump did after becoming President was rollback a specific regulation restricting gun sales to those with mental illness:
Trump Overturns a Mental Health Regulation on Gun Purchases