How HR 1181 changes current law

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The bill adds clarification regarding the treatment of certain mentally incapacitated persons in relation to federal firearms laws.

• 18 U.S.C. § 922

  adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 → without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

  It prevents individuals from being classified as mentally defective for firearm purposes without a judicial determination of their danger to themselves or others.