If a gun owner (or anyone) is mentally disturbed, Oregon and every other state in the union has civil commitment laws that allow for involuntary treatment. Criteria include being a danger to yourself or someone else, not receiving necessary care already, and so on. See, for instance, ORS 426.005 - 426.395. Oregon regulations say: “If a judge finds you to be a mentally ill person you may be committed for up to 180 days.”
If that happens, you automatically lose your right to keep and bear arms indefinitely under federal law,
18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Putting aside whether this wording is the best we could come up with if revisiting it today, the point is that this is already the law everywhere in these United States. No new “red flag” laws are necessary.
If this ex-Marine actually were a danger to himself or anyone else and required medical treatment, the state of Oregon had a way to accomplish that (which would also have removed his ability to possess firearms) without resorting to these “red flag” law proceedings.
If a gun owner (or anyone) is mentally disturbed, Oregon and every other state in the union has civil commitment laws that allow for involuntary treatment. Criteria include being a danger to yourself or someone else, not receiving necessary care already, and so on. See, for instance, ORS 426.005 - 426.395. Oregon regulations say: “If a judge finds you to be a mentally ill person you may be committed for up to 180 days.”
If that happens, you automatically lose your right to keep and bear arms indefinitely under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Putting aside whether this wording is the best we could come up with if revisiting it today, the point is that this is already the law everywhere in these United States. No new “red flag” laws are necessary.
If this ex-Marine actually were a danger to himself or anyone else and required medical treatment, the state of Oregon had a way to accomplish that (which would also have removed his ability to possess firearms) without resorting to these “red flag” law proceedings.