Since there is a lot of conversation about mental health and mental illness, we have a statute that if you have been adjudicated mentally defective, or you have been committed to a mental institution, you are prohibited from possessing a single bullet, much less an AR-15.
Gowdy points out the legal prohibitions on firearm possession for those with mental health issues.
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My colleague from Virginia, Mr. Goodlatte, made a reference to domestic violence convictions as being a prohibiting act from possessing, even a single bullet, much less an AR-15.
Anytime you have a hearing title that has the word 'preventable' in it, I think we owe it to our fellow citizens to discuss the limitations of our justice system.
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