{"id":1257,"date":"2015-08-05T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/08\/05\/nra-corrects-politifact-intern\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:25:46","slug":"nra-corrects-politifact-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"NRA Corrects The PolitiFact Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10299,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politifact.com\\\/truth-o-meter\\\/statements\\\/2015\\\/jul\\\/30\\\/blog-posting\\\/websites-say-obama-policy-change-means-seniors-gun&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.politifact.com\\\/truth-o-meter\\\/statements\\\/2015\\\/jul\\\/30\\\/blog-posting\\\/websites-say-obama-policy-change-means-seniors-gun&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10300,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politifact.com\\\/truth-o-meter\\\/staff\\\/christian-belanger&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.politifact.com\\\/truth-o-meter\\\/staff\\\/christian-belanger&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10301,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251112114834\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 20:42:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10302,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251112114834\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 20:42:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10303,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251112114834\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 20:43:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10304,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftnref&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251112114834\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20130124\\\/mental-health-and-firearms&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 20:43:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 00:17:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nPolitiFact weighed in on the criticism of the Social Security Administration&#8217;s proposal to report 4.2 million recipients to the NICS database as &#8220;mentally defective&#8221; because they have a named fiduciary to handle their money. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2015\/jul\/30\/blog-posting\/websites-say-obama-policy-change-means-seniors-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They rated this &#8220;false&#8221; on their Truth-O-Meter saying, &#8220;Obama has not made a sweeping move to disarm gun-owning senior citizens, as these websites claim. We rate the claim False.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The problem with letting interns handle something like this is that they often don&#8217;t dig deep enough. The other problem is that there really isn&#8217;t any accountability as the intern will be returning to school in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">NRA Fact Checks Politifact on Social Security Administration Gun Grab<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A recent<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2015\/jul\/30\/blog-posting\/websites-say-obama-policy-change-means-seniors-gun\/\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;Politifact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;article attempted to fact check news reports about the Obama Administration\u2019s effort to strip the gun rights of millions of Americans who receive social security and disability benefits who also have a representative payee \u2013 someone who handles their finances.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<span style=\"color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Politifact failed to consult the most relevant source of all for their story, federal law, as a result, they got it wrong.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/staff\/christian-belanger\/\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politifact\u2019s website<\/a>&nbsp;identifies the writer as a \u201cPolitifact intern.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The following Politifact claims are FALSE:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe new policy would not ban all Social Security Administration (SSA) recipients from owning guns. Rather, it would only affect the small fraction who are deemed mentally incompetent, and who are thus are barred from purchasing guns under the law.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe policy would not take away guns from people who already own them. There is no indication that this policy would take guns away from people who already own guns. Rather, the policy would affect the ability of some mentally incompetent people from buying new guns.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The facts:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Social Security Administration recipients who have a representative payee have not been deemed \u201cmentally incompetent.\u201d That is not a legal term recognized in federal law as it relates to prohibitions against acquiring or possessing firearms.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">The federal prohibitions against acquiring or possessing firearms apply to those \u201cadjudicated as a mental defective.\u201d&nbsp;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">Under the proposed new policy, individuals who have representative payees would lose the right to possess any guns they might currently own and would be prohibited from purchasing new firearms.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">The term \u201cadjudication,\u201d refers to a determination made after a judicial-type process that includes various due process protections. In no case does the federal law describe or contemplate the type of prohibition by bureaucratic fiat exercised by the SSA in developing its guidelines for those with \u201crepresentative payees\u201d assigned to their accounts.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;\">The SSA\u2019s representative payee system is not the type of process envisioned by federal firearms statutes.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u>Since 1968, federal law has barred the&nbsp;<span style=\"background: yellow;\">possession or acquisition of firearms<\/span>&nbsp;by anyone who \u201chas been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn2\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;\">[1]<\/span><\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has issued regulations that define an \u201cadjudication\u201d as a \u201cdetermination by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority that a person is, 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.\u201d This includes a finding of insanity or incompetency in a criminal case.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn3\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;\">[2]<\/span><\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u>\u201cCommitted to a mental institution\u201d is defined as a \u201cformal commitment of a person to a mental institution by a court, board, or other lawful authority.\u201d The definition makes clear that \u201c[t]he term does not include a person in a mental institution for observation or a voluntary admission.\u201d&nbsp; The Supreme Court has held that an involuntary commitment is a serious deprivation of liberty that requires due process of law under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftn4\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;\">[3]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><u><\/u>Common reasons SSA beneficiaries request a representative payee include:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u>&#8211;<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><u><\/u>Individual lives far from banks and grocery stores and may wish to have a family member or friend make bank deposits and grocery purchases for them;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u>&#8211;<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><u><\/u>individual may not own a car and needs help with banking and shopping;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u>&#8211;<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><u><\/u>individual may simply want help paying bills, or<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 14.7200002670288px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<u><\/u>&#8211;<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><u><\/u>individual may not be good at balancing their checkbook.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftnref\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;\">[1]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;18 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 922(d)(4), (g)(4).<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftnref\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;\">[2]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;27 CFR \u00a7 478.11.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20130124\/mental-health-and-firearms#_ftnref\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;\">[3]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;<i>Addington v. 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