§ 11-47-6. Mental incompetents and drug addicts prohibited from possession of firearms.
No person who is under guardianship or treatment or confinement by virtue of being
a mental incompetent, or who has been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement
as a drug addict, shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession
or under his or her control any firearm. Any person affected by the provisions of
this section, other than a person who has been pronounced criminally insane by competent
medical authority, after the lapse of a period of five (5) years from the date of
being pronounced cured by competent medical authority, m
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
§ 11-47-6. Mental incompetents and drug addicts prohibited from possession of firearms.
No person who is under guardianship or treatment or confinement by virtue of being
a mental incompetent, or who has been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement
as a drug addict, shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession
or under his or her control any firearm. Any person affected by the provisions of
this section, other than a person who has been pronounced criminally insane by competent
medical authority, after the lapse of a period of five (5) years from the date of
being pronounced cured by competent medical authority, may, upon presentation of an
affidavit issued by competent medical authority to the effect that he or she is a
mentally stable person and a proper person to possess firearms, make application for
the purchase of the firearm(s). Any person affected by the provisions of this section,
in making application for the purchase of firearms and in executing the application,
voluntarily waives his or her right to refuse or refrain from disclosing any confidential
information, including, but not limited to, any information arising from the physician-patient
relationship, pertinent to a determination by the proper authorities regarding the
approval or disapproval of this application. Any person affected by the provisions
of this section, in making application for the purchase of firearms and in executing
the application, further agrees to allow the proper authorities to investigate any
and all medical records of the applicant pertinent to a determination by the authorities
regarding the approval or disapproval of this application. In the event that the application
is approved, and if the person has no other disqualifying record, he or she will be
allowed to purchase and possess firearms.