PA conceal carry

[Frankmischler]

If denied a license to carry due to being admitted into a mental hospital 2 yrs prior, is there anything that one can do to for reconsideration? I've read that your ineligibility can be waived with a physician's affidavit. Is that true?

 

[bofh]

The applicable laws are as follows. From 18 U.S.C. § 922(d):

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person—

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(4) has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution;

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From Pa. Con Stat. tit. 18, §6105(c):

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(4) A person who has been adjudicated as an incompetent or who has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution for inpatient care and treatment under section 302, 303 or 304 of the provisions of the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures Act. This paragraph shall not apply to any proceeding under section 302 of the Mental Health Procedures Act unless the examining physician has issued a certification that inpatient care was necessary or that the person was committable.

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