Posted on 08/11/2002 7:21:29 AM PDT by mhking
Will Charlton Heston Have To Give Up His Guns?
By Bryan Curtis
Posted Friday, August 9, 2002, at 3:44 PM PT
Actor Charlton Heston announced today that he has symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Heston is the president of the National Rifle Association and owns firearms. If he is diagnosed with full-blown Alzheimer's, will he have to give up his guns? Actor Charlton Heston announced today that he has symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Heston is the president of the National Rifle Association and owns firearms. If he is diagnosed with full-blown Alzheimer's, will he have to give up his guns?
Yes. This section of California state law requires that anyone who represents a threat to others because of a mental disorder or illness can't own a firearm. The state also denies gun ownership to those suffering from any kind of grave illness. For Heston to lose his Second Amendment rights, a court would have to find that he has a grave illness or represents such a threat.
Here's how the process would work: If Heston's doctor suspects him to be unfit, California law compels the doctor to tell the local district attorney's office. The DA would then file a motion to revoke Heston's gun ownership rights. A judge would make the final call, after consulting with Heston's physician and, in most cases, another doctor of the judge's choosing.
If a judge found Heston unfit, the actor would have two options: surrender his guns to authorities or legally transfer their ownership to someone outside his house. (Giving the guns to his wife might still put them within his reach.) Heston's name would then be added to the state's Armed Prohibited Persons File—a list of California residents who bought their firearms legally but have since been judged unfit to keep them. That means Heston would be prevented from legally purchasing another firearm. The bill creating the no-gun file went into effect Jan. 1 and was initially supported by the NRA.
Yes. This section of California state law requires that anyone who represents a threat to others because of a mental disorder or illness can't own a firearm. The state also denies gun ownership to those suffering from any kind of grave illness. For Heston to lose his Second Amendment rights, a court would have to find that he has a grave illness or represents such a threat.
Here's how the process would work: If Heston's doctor suspects him to be unfit, California law compels the doctor to tell the local district attorney's office. The DA would then file a motion to revoke Heston's gun ownership rights. A judge would make the final call, after consulting with Heston's physician and, in most cases, another doctor of the judge's choosing.
If a judge found Heston unfit, the actor would have two options: surrender his guns to authorities or legally transfer their ownership to someone outside his house. (Giving the guns to his wife might still put them within his reach.) Heston's name would then be added to the state's Armed Prohibited Persons File—a list of California residents who bought their firearms legally but have since been judged unfit to keep them. That means Heston would be prevented from legally purchasing another firearm. The bill creating the no-gun file went into effect Jan. 1 and was initially supported by the NRA.
If this is true and given Project Exile and the NRA's history ,(they seem like the Civil War general who was really good at retreating , he only lost a few troops and all the battles.)
O.K. folks, move along, nothing to see here; the NRA is fighting for your rights.
I am a Life Member of the NRA and it REALLY ticks me off when they help write more restrictive laws ; nobody ever won by compromising with the enemy !!!
The libs' favorite phrases..."HAVE TO" and "GIVE UP"... These evil leftists are into FORCE. Must make them feel powerful, forcing others to give up freedoms.
Sickening.
These morons really should be shut down for good.
I'm so glad you posted that. Libs are too stupid to realize he has already answered this question- and with great drama and class, too!
AFAIK Heston is the only head of the NRA to be so afflicted. However, he is the second former President of the Screen Actors Guild to get Alzheimer's, and there might be a pattern developing that indcates an occupational hazard in that position.
Sorry. Sorry.
Boxer and Finkstein should be first in line, considering they are both nut cases.
Machine, Personal Confuser, what's the diff? [g]
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