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Originally Posted by Sebastian
If you have ever been 302'd in Pa you lost your gun rights
Not necessarily true. I looked into this in some detail a while ago. Some sections of the PA Mental Health Procedures Act do confer a firearms disability for both federal and state. Other's dont. Whether you are a prohibited purpose for the purposes of owning a gun depends entirely on the circumstances surrounding the commitment or adjudication.
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Section 302 commitment is a disqualifying condition in Pennsylvania, but the ATF has ruled that since, in their opinion, there is a lack of real due process to PA's Section 302, it is not a federal prohibiting commitment. On a state level, the 302 commitment can be petitioned and a person's rights can be restored IIRC.
Currently, a PA resident could technically move out of state, and as long as that state's law does not include a 302 commitment (or that type of commitment), they can buy a firearm.