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NY regularly sends police to the homes of the recently deceased to take their guns, denying heirs ownership thereof.
by ctdonath 11y ago
NY regularly sends police to the homes of the recently deceased to take their guns, denying heirs ownership thereof.
- hga 11y agoI would also expect that of other states where mere gun ownership is an explicitly granted by the state privilege to particular individuals, e.g. Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey off the top of my head. And California has created a unit to do the same to people they think are prohibited. Most recent horror story was about a nurse who'd voluntarily checked herself into a mental ward because of a medication screwup (i.e. it was self-limiting) and her husband's guns were confiscated: http://bearingarms.com/california-returns-confiscated-guns-to-husband-following-wifes-voluntary-mental-health-visit/ http://bearingarms.com/california-returns-confiscated-guns-t... I'm not even sure in Crazy California a voluntary admission is a disbarring event, it isn't Federally or of any state I'm aware of, as this case shows it shouldn't be. And note medication screwups/unwanted mental side effects happen all the time, a former SO got frank suicidal ideation when switched to a standard normally well tolerated anti-depressant (she just stopped taking the drug and was careful while it worked its way out of her system). And many drugs can cause mania, as I can personally attest (hypomania in my case, and my "you're impaired" flag kept me from doing anything stupid including spending money needlessly (well, beyond buying a power supply as a kit when they're so cheap and easy in the form of wall-warts) until the problem was realized). Many that are not normally psychoactive, I've read systemic steroids like prednisone often do this.