You are looking for the provisions under the NICS Improvement Amendments
Act of 2007 (HR 2640). This act affects state appeals and federal
appeals of mental health disqualifications.
Last year I wrote of two appeals processes established (BATF and NY
state) which I've pasted below.
NICS Improvem
-Original Message- From: "Volokh, Eugene"
Sent: May 7, 2010 4:30 PM
To: "'firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu'"
Subject: The federal ban on gun possession by people who have been committed to mental institutions
18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) bars g
18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) bars gun possession by, among others, anyone "who [has]
been committed to a mental institution" - apparently at any time in the past.
Is there any procedure through which people who have been (properly) committed
to a mental institution may have that somehow set aside or vac
