Posted on 12/19/2014 12:30:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
In the first legal ruling of its type, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Thursday deemed unconstitutional a federal law that kept a Michigan man who was briefly committed to a mental institution decades ago from owning a gun.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-appeals-court-expands-gun-rights-1418939537?mod=trending_now_1
The court ruled correctly. Despite this, I would be very cautious before getting mental health “assistance”. Just as there are times when a reasonable person might choose to deal with a bacterial infection without antibiotics, a reasonable person might choose to deal with a broad range of problems without seeing a shrink. The social stigma, and the abuse of power by liberals who would use that as leverage to deny those with a record of mental illness may be too high a price to pay for whatever benefit treatment may provide.
My standard answer when someone asks me if I'm depressed is "No. I own a motorcycle."
Here is some of the court’s opinion:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/sixth-circuit-upholds-second-amendment.html
Two big things that I get from this decision are:
1. Second amendment rights are fundamental and subject to strict scrutiny.
2. Temporary conditions are not valid reasons for permanent disabiility of rights, unless a clear means for recovering those rights is provided.
Reagan's legacy isn't completely dead. Scary to think that Obama's appointees will still be with us 30 years from now though.
“No, when I get depressed I just go shoot something and I feel better.”
LOL. Yeah that will get you off the lists! I pretty much agree with the sentiment though.
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