Veteran Declared ‘Mentally Defective,’ Has Guns Seized
News of similar case emerges day after release of Brandon Raub
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Friday, August 24, 2012
Just a day after Brandon Raub was released following his incarceration in a psychiatric ward over political Facebook posts, news has emerged of a similar case involving a veteran who had his guns seized after being labeled a “mental defective’ and faces being committed by a judge.
Radio host Steve Quayle was sent news of an Army combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient in west central Ohio who was the victim of a police raid on the evening of August 22nd during which Miami County Ohio Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant to seize the man’s firearms for the “safety of the defendant and the general public,” according to the warrant.
The veteran, who is currently unnamed, had his guns taken because he was adjudged to be mentally incompetent, despite the fact that his previous VA psychiatric evaluations were all clear, he is not on medication, and he had no criminal record. The man appears to be a respected member of the community – he works for a Christian company and his father is a police officer and a pastor.
“The person is under adjudication of mental incompetence, has been adjudicated as a mental defective, has been committed to a mental institution, has been found by a court to be a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order, or is an involuntary patient other than one who is a patient only for purposes of observation.
As used in this division, “mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order” and “patient” have the same meanings as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code,” states the warrant.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Veteran Declared ‘Mentally Defective,’ Has Guns Seized
The Joshua Omvig Suicide Prevention Bill, passed by congress and signed by President Bush in 2007 is tied to this. The thought behind it was that if you have a veteran with PTSD and has to have someone else take care of their money, then they were unable to make sound decisions and should not have a weapon. What this did was cause a lot of fear for veterans with guns afraid they would have to give them up. They ended up not going for help from the VA. Would you rather have a veteran keep their guns and get the help they need to heal or have then need help but not go for it so they could keep that gun?
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I cannot truly believe this article. There are many, many "Mentally Defective" people carrying weapons without the proper what-ever paper work. Veterans know how to protect what is theirs.....to me, in my humble opinion is just another step toward taking away our rights to "Keep and Bear Arms".
ReplyDeleteWhat constituted this veteran to be classified "Mentally Defective" in the first place? From what I read in the article which is highly biased is that this man, who served his country so well, unlike many slackers in this country, is just doing what the Constitution says he can.
Get real...men like him are the ones who have protected this country so those of you who bitch and complain so much have the right to bitch and complain...do something for your country slackers instead of making life hard for these men and women. But that is just my opinion.
Bc Richards
A PROUD American Veteran