Re: ATF Approves Pennsylvania's Mental Health Relief Provision As Sufficient Under NI
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Originally Posted by
SigForLife
After years of arguing over this with ATF and litigating the issue, ATF has finally agreed that Pennsylvania's mental health relief provision is sufficient under the NICS Improvement Amendments Act ("NIAA") and as a result, if an individual is able to obtain state relief, such will automatically relieve any disability under federal law (i.e. 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4)) -
https://blog.princelaw.com/2019/07/0...th-commitments
Re: ATF Approves Pennsylvania's Mental Health Relief Provision As Sufficient Under NI
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Originally Posted by
knight0334
Not really. You need to petition the state that created the prohibition, so this really doesn't help a person who was prohibited by NY.
Omg you would think we were a collection of little states and not one big country.
10th amendment. We can’t have one state interfering with commerce in another.
:rolleyes:
Re: ATF Approves Pennsylvania's Mental Health Relief Provision As Sufficient Under NI
Holy freaking crap, I wonder what this will mean for me and all the BS I've put up with for nearly 3 years now. I originally got State relief granted then after that appealed and ended up winning that. Then of course the PSP appealed that it went to the appellate court and after a year of that it's now pending in the Surpreme Court. I hope to god this can do something for me to end this farce.
Re: ATF Approves Pennsylvania's Mental Health Relief Provision As Sufficient Under NI
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Originally Posted by
Tammy63
Will this help someone from NY that now lives in PA that had NY flag them for mental health?
Luckily, New York state has a regular mental health relief from disabilities program approved by the Federal Government.
Here is the link to the form you need to fill out depending on whether the person was committed to a psychiatric hospital or a facility for persons with developmental disabilities
Psychiatric Hospital:
https://nics.ny.gov/requirements.html
Facility for persons with developmental disabilities:
https://opwdd.ny.gov/opwdd_resources.../OPWDD_NICS-01
Please note: This will probably be a very tough thing to get, considering New York's attitude towards guns. However, it is possible unlike in a few states that have no relief program at all. Good luck.