GOA Submits Amicus Brief Over Pennsylvania Law Ignoring Due Process

By Tom Knighton

Constitutional rights aren’t irrevocable rights. There are a handful of circumstances when we, as a nation, yank someone’s right to vote, for example. While rights come from our very nature as humans, revocation of those rights is something we do as a matter of punishment all the time. There are also some people who simply can’t be trusted with their rights due to mental health issues.

However, taking away someone’s right should never be easy. The problem is that in Pennsylvania, that isn’t the case. In fact, it’s all too easy to permanently revoke someone’s right to keep and bear arms.

Now, a lawsuit is seeking to change that, and the Gun Owners of America have filed a brief in that lawsuit.

From a press release earlier this week:

Philadelphia, PA — On July 3, 2019, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and its legal arm, Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) — in cooperation with local gun groups — filed an Amici Curiae brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The brief is supporting gun owners who had their constitutional right to keep and bear arms violated by Section 302 of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA).

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