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State trooper can't have gun while off duty due to mental health record, Pa. court rules
Pennlive ^ | December 26, 2013 | Matt Miller

Posted on 12/27/2013 3:21:24 PM PST by moonshinner_09

Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael L. Keyes is in an odd situation.

When on duty, he can carry a gun.

Yet while off duty, he is barred by law from possessing any firearms, because seven years ago he suffered from deep depression, repeatedly tried to kill himself by taking drugs and was involuntarily committed for mental health treatment.

Keyes' latest attempt to be allowed to have a gun all the time was rejected this week by the state Superior Court.

That court upheld an earlier ruling by Perry County Senior Judge Keith B. Quigley that Keyes' involuntary mental health commitment constitutes an unsurmountable legal barrier to his ability to possess a gun while off duty.

An attempt to reach Keyes' attorney, Joshua Prince, for comment on the case wasn't successful Thursday. Keyes has been involved in legal battles ever since completing his mental health treatment. He also had to fight to be reinstated to the state police.

He was serving as a state trooper in Newport, when he was placed on temporary leave and ordered into mental health treatment in 2006. He finished treatment in less than a year and had to battle to get his job back, even after his doctor cleared him to go back to work.

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To: Mastador1
and THAT, is a tall order indeed...
41 posted on 12/27/2013 8:43:28 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: carriage_hill; fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; ...
PA Ping!

If you see posts of interest to Pennsylvanians, please ping me.

Thanks!

Thanks carriage_hill for the heads up

IMHO - You can't write detailed rules about mental health issues - too bad we've replaced common sense and judgment with binders full of legalese.

42 posted on 12/29/2013 4:52:12 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Chode

Good one!


43 posted on 12/30/2013 11:16:12 AM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: Nowhere Man
somebody was sure wound up when they wrote that i'll tell ya... 8^)
44 posted on 12/30/2013 2:59:51 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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