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VoiceofReason wrote:Just random thoughts.

“That prohibition does not amount to a breach of Keyes' rights under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Ford Elliott found, because it applies only to an "extremely small" class of citizens and has a solid public safety basis.”

So President Judge Emeritus Kate Ford Elliott believes the state can deny the Second Amendment rights of the U.S. Constitution if it “applies only to an "extremely small" class of citizens and has a solid public safety basis.”

I wonder if this precedent could be used to keep former service men/women with PTSD from owning guns.

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VoiceofReason wrote: I did not say “He”. In this sentence I was speaking in generalities to include anyone (past, present and future) that may unfairly be denied the right to own a firearm for this reason. I could have worded it differently to make it easier to understand.

VoiceofReason wrote:This officers situation may be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act or the rehabilitation act.

As a matter of fact the federal firearm law they are using may be in conflict with one or both laws.
I am not a lawyer but I have had considerable experience with both the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rehabilitation act.

One thing that I can see is "employers must keep all information concerning the medical condition or history of its applicants or employees, including information about psychiatric disability, confidential under the ADA."

This whole thing about a person being treated for depression for a couple of months, twenty years ago keeping him/her from owning a gun has me interested. Think I will do some more research on it.