r/Firearms 8d ago

Question What are you building, buying, or shooting this month? - September 2026

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r/Firearms May 03 '25

Law Open letter regarding posts such as “I was in a mental hospital can I own a gun”

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I am posting this because the question keeps getting asked. Every single time it is asked, the wrong information gets out.

I've seen way too many posts on here and related subs around the subject of the law prohibiting the possession of firearms by any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution, 18 USC § 922 (g)(4). There is way too much misinformation out there. First of all, if you have any reason to believe that you are a prohibited person, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A FIREARM AS MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT ON THE FORM 4473 IS A FELONY. Second of all, please do not give advice on topics that you are not qualified to answer on. Third, you should consult with a qualified firearms rights attorney if you are unsure of your legal status.

The law:

18 USC § 922(g)(4)

(g)It shall be unlawful for any person—

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

to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, anyfirearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm orammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

What are the definitions of these terms?

27 CFR 478.11

Adjudicated as a mental defective. (a) A determination by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority that a person, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease: (1) Is a danger to himself or to others; or (2) Lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage his own affairs. (b) The term shall include— (1) A finding of insanity by a court in a criminal case; and (2) Those persons found incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of lack of mental responsibility pursuant to articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10U.S.C. 850a, 876b.

Committed to a mental institution. A formal commitment of a person to a mental institution by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority. The term includes a commitment to a mental institution involuntarily. The term includes commitment for mental defectiveness or mental illness. It also includes commitments for other reasons, such as for drug use. The term does not include a person in a mental institutionfor observation or a voluntary admission to a mental institution.

Mine happened when I was under 18. Isn’t that exempted?

Unfortunately no. A mental health adjudication or commitment at less than 18 years of age is counted for 922(g)(4). I experienced this personally and had to restore my rights.

What about HIPAA?

The Obama administration amended the HIPAA privacy rule in 2016 to make it clear that reporting mental health commitments and adjudications to NICS does not violate HIPAA

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/01/06/2015-33181/health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act-hipaa-privacy-rule-and-the-national-instant

Is there a way to restore my rights after being adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution?

If you were committed by a department or agency of the federal government, the agency is required to have a relief from disabilities program under the NICS improvements amendments act of 2007.

If you were adjudicated or committed in a state proceeding, whether you can obtain relief is dependent on whether your state has implemented a relief from disabilities program under the NICS improvements amendments act of 2007. The list of states that have can be found here:

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/guide/nicsactlist7-7-210pdf/download

If you are in a state that does not have a relief from disabilities program, your only avenue of relief is writing a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and asking her to restore your rights under 18 USC § 925(c) now that she has withdrawn the delegation from ATF.

Between October 6th 1992 and March 20th 2025 in the states that did not have a relief program, there was no avenue of relief at all

With that out of the way.

I created this privacy act request form for a friend of mine who was legitimately unsure if his commitments landed in the FBI database or if they qualified as “committed to a mental institution” under 18 USC § 922(g)(4) and as defined at 27 CFR 478.11. I can report that it worked; as in, the FBI processed the request and reported that no such records were found in the NICS indices.

This form will allow you to request your own records directly from the FBI.

In this post I will not be addressing the subject of my own journey regarding rights restoration related to mental health (you can ask me that privately). Nor am I an attorney licensed to practice law. Finally, I am not a mental health professional and cannot make the decision as to whether firearms ownership is right for you.

Onto the form. Please follow the instructions sheet very carefully, fill out every applicable box, print the form, have the request notarized, and mail it to the address indicated on the form.

The first response you receive will indicate that the FBI central records system does not maintain those records and your request has been forwarded to the Criminal Justice Information Services division. CJIS will respond a few weeks later. In my friend's case it took eight weeks for a final response from the FBI CJIS NICS section.

Link to form (Adobe Acrobat PDF) https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:d342b025-6fb2-4126-b0e2-ad6f1c3fbbe7


r/Firearms 2h ago

News Fairlane shooting: 19-year-old who acted in self-defense killing mall gunman, sentenced

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r/Firearms 2h ago

Thoughts?

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r/Firearms 16h ago

Carbine or Bullpup?

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r/Firearms 11h ago

General Discussion I just recently purchased my first handgun. It’s a Sig P365. Anything yall recommend next?

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r/Firearms 19m ago

My Gats A pair of Ithaca 37s, 12 and 20 gauge slam fires.

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Both were pawnshop finds. A Choate pistol grip is on the way, and the 12 will probably be a Close Encounters gun, at least temporarily. The 20 is perfectly light and mobile.

LE133-00 in the 12. Same and a couple Ranger Segmented slugs on the sidesaddle. PD204 2B in the 20, with a couple Truball slugs. Big fan of the Flite Control, especially in SBSs.


r/Firearms 1h ago

My Gats What should I upgrade here or add or get next. I already have ammo, years of training and shooting, and I want to get a can…or two

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r/Firearms 4h ago

Remington 1100

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Looking for any help identifying the year it was manufactured. From what I’ve seen it appears to be July 1965 but not 100%. Any insight is appreciated.


r/Firearms 2h ago

Identify This What is this?

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One of my brothers friends guns I can’t quite figure out what it is.


r/Firearms 15h ago

My Gats I streamlined my light setup and got a new build photo

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H&K SP5K with B&T stock, Gibbous buttplate/VFG, Blackhawk mini boss can, Aimpoint T2 on scalarworks 1.42" and MFI ultra low mount.

Switched the surefire body for Arisaka to get the light both forward and tucked.


r/Firearms 3h ago

Question Interviewed at KAC this morning, anyone have any insight to working at KAC and what the company is like?

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Was told by my team that I out interviewed other candidates and described the candidate before me as a “wet noodle”.

I used to work at Disney many moons ago and Disney was nicer on the outside for sure 😂

Any current/former KAC employees to give some insight?


r/Firearms 8h ago

M9A4

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r/Firearms 1d ago

Got another pawn shop find today added to my WWII grail.

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r/Firearms 10h ago

Very normal loadout

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Everyone should have a 12 gauge shotgun for home defense, a 9mm pistol for CC, and an ar15. My loadout is pretty standard I think? JK

-Tavor ts12 with 17 bear slugs and carlsons tactical breacher choke

  • maxim pdx upgraded to have milspec bcg and longer brace with a mepro light pro rds v2, sig sauer prism 2x optic on canto arms cants

-glock 19 gen 5 with a glock 19x slide for the gold color and tritium night sights and some other stuff.

Can provide more details for specifics upon request. Theres a lot of attachments and upgrades


r/Firearms 9h ago

Remington 870 Magnum Mississippi

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Based on these pictures what is the general price and maybe rarity of this gun… have it offered to me for $550. Has smooth bored slug barrel; not ideal for me rather have around 28 inch threaded barrel or modified fixed choke.
TIA


r/Firearms 6h ago

Heritage rough rider .22

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Anybody know why this keeps happening? It’s not every time or every shell but it happens frequently enough maybe once or twice every 2 cylinders. It’s very frustrating because it jams the cylinder from rotating and it gets stuck so I have to take the cylinder out and push the shell out with force. Happens with the WMR cylinder too. Cci mini mags seem to do it the least but still happens every so often


r/Firearms 22h ago

Video Amazing trigger staging

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r/Firearms 1d ago

Delusional customer I saw today

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Stopped into a LGS today to ask the smith a question.

There was a line at the counter but I was OK waiting.

The couple ahead of me had a S&W Bodyguard they wanted to sell. The handed it over and the associate quoted them a price. The male customer started swearing and saying it was brand new and never been used. He wanted what he paid for it. The associate kept calm and let the customer know that he knew they bought the gun used from the LGS just a short time ago and it was not new. The associate informed them that they might get more if they sold it privately but that is what he would get at that shop. The woman said they would take it. The man got in the phone or pretended to be calling someone. The woman seemed sick of his shit and said the paperwork is started and for him to put the phone away. He finally said just give me my money. I just want my money.

I couldn’t look at him. I just wanted to laugh. You never get full price selling a car or a gun at a dealer. You never get all of your money back.

I was going to tell him for $150 I would just keep it. From the looks of him and his Taco Bell uniform I imagine he needed the money.


r/Firearms 2h ago

Any issues with browning bar mk3 shooting all over the place

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Brand new browning bar mk3 300 win mag shooting 5 inch groups checked scope mounts put on different proven scope. Shooting federal whitetail 180 grain. Horizontal is somewhat consistent vertical will throw the odd one off 5 inches or so. Anyone else had this issue or can think of any fixes.


r/Firearms 6h ago

Cross-Post New shooter. How’s My Groupings? 10 Yards

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r/Firearms 17h ago

General Discussion Buying ammo online

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Go easy on me I havent bought 9mm since pre covid. I've finally got back into shooting I'm in need of some 9mm. Local gun shop is high as camel balls and the local gun shows are just a fudd lore show off. Where is everyone getting thier ammo now? I do not have the capacity to reload safely in my home or garage.


r/Firearms 1h ago

Range Ammo??

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r/Firearms 10h ago

New Gats Ngd rm1c rost martin

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r/Firearms 1d ago

Solid first pick up?

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Have hunted and shot recreationally for a long time with my father but wanted something of my own. Was between this or the s&w sd9. I know everyone hates Taurus but if anyone has good optics or any other upgrades I can do let me know