Gun ownership and prescriptions

militant

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Is it legal to own a firearm if someone has been or is on a prescription antidepressant or other SSRI? I see NY is doing gun confiscation via this now.
 
There is no federal law that prohibits persons taking anti-depressants from owning firearms. The limitations are those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution, convicted of a felony or specified violent misdemeanors, or who have been adjudicated incompetent.
After that it is a state by state inquiry. I can state that California has no such restriction on gun ownership.
 
After that it is a state by state inquiry. I can state that California has no such restriction on gun ownership.

I now I think I see a light bulb going off over the heads of some of my state representatives.

Sigh. Guess we have to CONTINUALLY watch these guys-which I suppose we should be doing anyway.
 
Although I could find no law against it here in PA, when I broke my back I was on some heavy painkillers. I stopped carrying until I could reduce the dosage.
 
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