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Lawyer and rural representative outline plan to stop automatic purge of involuntary-commitments from gun-disqualification lists
Summary
Representative detailed a bill to require judicial review before people involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals are removed from the gun-purchase disqualification list; sponsor cited rural public-safety incidents and administrative data on purges.
A bill introduced by the representative from a rural district would require a court process before people involuntarily committed to mental-health hospitals are removed from the state list that disqualifies them from purchasing firearms. The sponsor said current state practice automatically purges names after a fixed period and that the bill responds to safety concerns raised by local officials.
Representative (name not specified on the…
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