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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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3. it has to do with Florida's civil commitment law

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 08:42 AM

Jun 2016

examinations that last three days. Basically, if you are suicidal and someone calls the cops, the cops take you for the examination. The Gun Control Act prohibits people from owning guns if they were adjudicated as mentally incompetent or defective; however, the states don't generally do a good job of telling the FBI.
The issue is really due process and HIPPA laws.

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Seems like a good study... jmg257 Jun 2016 #1

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it has to do with Florida's civil commitment law gejohnston Jun 2016 #3