“Well, I was going to turn all my guns over to the government; but I did a background check and none of them were mentally stable” was posted on Twitter by Doug Sehorne on September 15, 2019. “I was going to turn over all of my guns to the government, but I did a quick background check and none of them are mentally stable” was posted on The Patriot Post on February 27, 2021. Authorship of the pro-gun meme is uncertain.
 
“The government offered to buy my guns from me. But after a thorough background check of the buyer, I am not comfortable with selling weapons to organized crime” is a similar joke about turning over guns to the government.
   
     
Twitter
Doug Sehorne
@KJ_Publishers
Well, I was going to turn all
my guns over to
the government; but I did a background check and none of them were mentally stable.
5:40 PM · Sep 15, 2019·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
America First
@LoriHolyokeWade
Well, I was going to turn all
my guns over to
the government; but I did a background check on them and found none of them were mentally stable.
5:15 PM · Sep 22, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Alan “DefiningNormalWithoutComparing” J.
@n5iln
Meme: “I wanted to give my guns to the government, but I ran a background check and found out they aren’t mentally stable.”
Me: “So background checks DO work.”
#NotWhatTheyExpected
2:44 PM · Sep 26, 2019·Twitter for iPad
 
Facebook
Andrew West
September 27, 2019 at 10"40 AM ·
Text (The following is also shown on an image.—ed.)
Well, I was going
to turn all
my guns over to
the government;
but I did a
background
check and none
of them were
mentally stable.
         
Twitter
Joe Cranford
@JLC2020OffLine
I was going to turn all my guns over to the government, but I did a background check and none of them are mentally stable.
3:01 PM · Sep 28, 2019·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
chris kelly
@chriske52963146
Well,I was going to turn all my guns over to the government, but I did a background check and none of them were mentally stable
6:41 AM · Mar 7, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Kimberly Martin
@kimspecialagent
I was going to turn all my guns over to the government,  but I did a background check and none of them were mentally stable.
10:39 AM · Jan 23, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Facebook
Bob Sorenson
January 30, 2021 at 6:19 PM ·
Well,I thought about turning my guns over to the government but..I did a background check none were mentally stable!
 
IMAO
Valid Background Check Fail
Posted by Oppo on 24 February 2021, 5:00 pm
Title and image submitted by Gumbeaux:
Well, I was going
to turn all
my guns over
to the government;
but I did a
background
check and none
of them were
mentally stable.
 
The Patriot Post
FEB. 27, 2021
Failed Background Check
I was going to turn
over all of my guns
to the government,
but I did a quick
background check
and none of them are
mentally stable.