Bad Risk – An Overview of Laws Prohibiting Possession of Firearms by Individuals With a History of Treatment for Mental Illness

Bad Risk - An Overview of Laws Prohibiting Possession of Firearms by Individuals With a History of Treatment for Mental Illness

18 U.S. Code § 922(g)(4) makes it a crime for any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution to … possess … any firearm or ammunition.