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Kalifornia may require Heston to give up his guns
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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?
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.
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?
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.
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Check out Section 8100 (B)(3)(f)"Danger to self," as used in subdivision (a), means a voluntary person who has made a serious threat of, or attempted suicide with the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon.
http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/dwcl/8100.htm
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When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
Maybe and then again maybe not, Don't you think it depends what kind of extremest liberal nutcase get behind the the idea? I know the anti's only pick battles they can rig to win, but to take down an NRA figurehead like Mr. Heston would be considered a pretty damn big coup in their camp.
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Edited by - Matt45 on 08/11/2002 02:51:17
He, I'm sure, would like to get his name on this case too....
Charlie
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Aspartame is # 1 leading cause of Alzheimer's in the world....
It deprives the brain of sugar ,magnesium & sodium turns to aluminum and poisons the brain in a very exotic transmutation ,similar to the one that chickens turn Potasium to Calcium to create egg shells .
JD
400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
Let him stand with an AR15 and say from my cold dead fingers, not a flintlock.
If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.
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I would think Alzhiemers could come in handy,He could shoot someone and claim He doesn't remember a thing about it. The Nixon/Reagan/Clinton defense ploy, Yes I did it but if I deny it or deny to remember it, I'm innocent!
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