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Originally Posted by pj67coll As I've said numerous times before. The mere fact of being a criminal should remove any rights you used to have in my opinion. Being a whackjob is a different matter. How do you prove mental issues? I don't like the idea of whackjob's being armed. But then I don't like the idea of criminals being armed either. More than either issue thoug I dislike the idea of regular folk being disarmed by the facist state. However both of those issues are subsidiary to the basic intent of the founders of the nation and the essence of America as duly constituted, ie it is NOT a facist state and it does NOT have the authority to disarm it's ciitzenry. - Peter.

(1) Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year;
(2) Is a fugitive from justice;
(3) Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
(4) Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution;
(5) Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa;
(6) Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
(7) Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his or her citizenship;
(8) Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner; or
(9) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence
(10) Cannot lawfully receive, possess, ship, or transport a firearm.