From: "Zero Powers" <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
>>From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
>> 1) It is illegal for the mentally incompetent to own or possess
>> firearms.
>Where is that law found?
>From "A citizens guide to Federal Firearms Laws" at www.nraila.org
Ineligible Persons:
The following classes of people are ineligible to possess, receive,
ship, or transport firearms or ammunition.
-- Those convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment for over
one year, except state misdemeanors punishable by two years or
less.
-- fugitives from justice
--Unlawful users of certain depressant, narcotic, or stimulant
drugs
--Those adjudicated as mental defectives or incompetents or those
committed to any mental institution
--Illegal Aliens
--Citizens who have renounced their citizenship
-- Those persons dishonorably discharged from the military
--Persons less than 18 years of age for the purchase of a shotgun
or rifle
-- Persons less than 21 years of age for the purchase of a firearm
that is other than a shotgun or rifle
--Persons subject to a court order that restrains such persons from
harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner
-- Persons convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of
domestic violence
Brian
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