GOA Alert: Mental Health Bill Threatens 2A Rights of Youth

[vfinnell]

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This coming Monday, June 24th the Pennsylvania House Education Committee will be meeting to discuss legislation that could unfairly strip Pennsylvania's youth of their future Second Amendment rights.

HB 2311 would establish the School Mental Health Screening Grant and Development Program. Our concern with this legislation is that additional mental health screening could lead to life-long prohibitions on gun ownership through involuntary and even voluntary commitments (in other states).

So, to protect the rights of our youth, the GOA has worked closely with Representative Gleim's office to include a process of expunging juvenile mental health records and language on emancipated students, which would effectively free them from undergoing the program's screenings.

GOA closely monitors mental health legislation for its potential impact on how it affects our Second Amendment rights. Without GOA's amendments, HB 2311 could cause more of our youth to lose their constitutionally protected rights permanently and that is unacceptable.

The Committee hearing on June 24th is coming up very quickly. To ensure that we can effectively make these changes, click the link to tell your state representative to support Representative Gleim's GOA-sponsored amendments.

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[JenniferG]

Using mental health as a bludgeon to silence opponents and critics has a long history throughout the world. If they were to use mental health as a reason to deny someone their 2A rights there wouldn't be a single democrat including the mail in ballots that would be able to own a firearm.

[steve_010]

Sent. Thanks.

[Monie5115]

Click here to take action

This coming Monday, June 24th the Pennsylvania House Education Committee will be meeting to discuss legislation that could unfairly strip Pennsylvania's youth of their future Second Amendment rights.

HB 2311 would establish the School Mental Health Screening Grant and Development Program. Our concern with this legislation is that additional mental health screening could lead to life-long prohibitions on gun ownership through involuntary and even voluntary commitments (in other states).

So, to protect the rights of our youth, the GOA has worked closely with Representative Gleim's office to include a process of expunging juvenile mental health records and language on emancipated students, which would effectively free them from undergoing the program's screenings.

GOA closely monitors mental health legislation for its potential impact on how it affects our Second Amendment rights. Without GOA's amendments, HB 2311 could cause more of our youth to lose their constitutionally protected rights permanently and that is unacceptable.

The Committee hearing on June 24th is coming up very quickly. To ensure that we can effectively make these changes, click the link to tell your state representative to support Representative Gleim's GOA-sponsored amendments.

Click here to take action

Do you think that this will pass?

[STBear]

Sent but writing to Heather Boyd is like pissing into the wind.

[esh21167]

I believe this is even more insidious than it appears at first glance. Whenever counselors/therapists working within the educational system 'counsel' youth, they always start from a negative perspective, and continue to dwell there, almost guaranteeing some kind of mental health diagnosis. Self perpetuating.

It's always:

What makes you sad?

Why are you upset?

What's bothering you?

What is causing stress for you?

What would you like to change?