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Nulle,
How long have you been in law enforcement? A state conviction for a felony makes one a "prohibited person" and is barred from any gun ownership. Also some misdemeanors can make one a "prohibited person" and a person who is the subject of a Protection From Abuse order may not purchase a firearm, check the last line on the Form 4473. It asks, "Are you the subject of a "qualifed PFA?" In PA, there is no jury trial, merely a hearing before a judge to get to the qualified PFA. As for the mental background check, mental files are scanned in the phone-in background check before a "GO" number is given to the FFL dealer to authorize a gun purchase.
My stand on this issue is that any person with a clean record should be allowed to obtain a CCW. All the bad guys are already armed and no law will prevent bad guys from packing iron. Since the BGs are armed, why not let honest folks carry? The BG would not know which of his intended victims are armed, and what could be more fair? I was never concerned with guns in honest hands, it was the less than half percent in bad guys' hands that gave me full employment. If you read the Constitution, all honest folks have the right to bear arms. It gives fits to anti-gunners and Liberals who believe if they pass enough gun control laws, they "May" disarm a criminal or two. Compare Massachusetts to Vermont and see what I mean.
Adam
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Adam Helmer
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