[Chickensoup]

That was changed here in Maine a few years ago. Before that some social worker or nurse could file, then it would be certified by doc and boom bye bye gun rights.

[pepsionice]

Prior to the 1960s, we would not have discussed the matter and ‘crazy joe’ would have taken off to the state mental facility (without his weapons) and spent his days there.

[WayneS]

A federal court last week held that an involuntary emergency treatment of a Pennsylvania man for less than 24 hours did not trigger a lifetime ban on firearms.

Good. No one's right to keep and bear arms should be permanently removed without due process. Social workers and other bureaucrats are NOT qualified to adjudicate due process, nor are they legally empowered to do so by our Constitution .

[ontap]

This is the loophole the gun grabbers hope to use against decent gun ownwers. Reason I quit going to the VA!!!

[loveliberty2]

Trump should remove whatever barriers to gun ownership were buried in Obama’s ACA requirements of doctors to include on physician/patient information forms any questions on gun ownership!

[Ciaphas Cain]

Mental illness does not incline a person toward violence and murder.

The problem is in the heart, not the brain.