2014 -- H 7940 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/02/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS
Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Chippendale, E Coderre, Craven, and Serpa
Date Introduced: March 13, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-47-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-47-6. Mental incompetents, and drug addicts, and drunkards
prohibited from possession of firearms Mental incompetents and drug addicts prohibited from
possession of firearms. -- No person who is under guardianship or
treatment or confinement by virtue of being a mental incompetent, or who has
been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a drug addict, or who has been adjudicated or is under treatment or
confinement as an habitual drunkard, shall purchase, own, carry,
transport, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control any
firearm. Any person affected by the provisions of this section, other than a
person who has been pronounced criminally insane by competent medical
authority, after the lapse of a period of five (5) years from the date of being
pronounced cured by competent medical authority, may, upon presentation of an
affidavit issued by competent medical authority to the effect that he or she is
a mentally stable person and a proper person to possess firearms, make
application for the purchase of the firearm(s). Any person affected by the
provisions of this section, in making application for the purchase of firearms
and in executing the application, voluntarily waives his or her right to refuse
or refrain from disclosing any confidential information, including, but not
limited to, any information arising from the physician-patient relationship,
pertinent to a determination by the proper authorities regarding the approval
or disapproval of this application. Any person affected by the provisions of
this section, in making application for the purchase of firearms and in
executing the application, further agrees to allow the proper authorities to investigate
any and all medical records of the applicant pertinent to a determination by
the authorities regarding the approval or disapproval of this application. In
the event that the application is approved, and if the person has no other
disqualifying record, he or she will be allowed to purchase and possess
firearms.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC004938/SUB A
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