Gun Control is for Pussies
Published by BG on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 7:59 AM.Court: Mental incompetence doesn't preclude owning a gun - Boston.com
Someone found mentally incompetent to stand trial in New Hampshire still may be competent to own guns, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The court overturned a Concord District Court ruling in which a man was denied his weapons after being found mentally incompetent to stand trial on theft, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges for an outburst at Division of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Concord three years ago.
Scott Buchanan took the issue to court after authorities refused to give two guns back.
The court ruled the criteria for being found incompetent to stand trial were different from the legal standard for being declared mentally defective under federal law -- the standard by which gun ownership can be denied.
Okay, so give the guy his guns back already. A little disorderly conduct shouldn't preclude someone from gun ownership, right? The federal law has got to be a sensible standard, because they wouldn't give guns to just anyone, would they?
The charges were dismissed after Buchanan was found incompetent to stand trial because of his excessive and unusual paranoia about police and government, according to court records.
Oh.
(h/t to Cliff Schecter)
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