PTSD & Gun Permit

[Pete]

This is an interesting story on PTSD and Gun permits.

The Marine who was turned down for a pistol permit notes the difference between the local pistol permit and federal form. A great difference if you answer the question truthfully.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10578732

If he had saw "no" on the local permit he could have been in deeper hot water.

Notice the shrink's comments near the end.

Some of us have been saying.........

Happy ending to the story

[HOLLiS]

President Clinton via executive order wiped out the 2nd Amendment rights of over 80,000 Veterans. Supposedly, those rights were restored by a bill President Bush signed last year. Last I checked, it has been a No Go.

Also part of this, is due to the social view of PTSD brought on by hollyweird movies of the derange vet. Among the anti-gun mob, I believe, we will find some of the most intellectually dishonest people on the planet.

This politics it has nothing to do with psychology.

[AngelsSix]

Here in NC, it's the same. If the Sheriff of the county you reside in feels it may not be safe for you to handle a firearm CONCEALED in public, that is his/her option. I think that people do not realize the difference between civilian laws and military rules. Just because the military lets you do it does not mean that it is okay for you to do it as a civilian.

We had a lad here in the 'Hurst that shot up his apartment in TX because of PTSD following the Gulf War.

There has been a precedent set.

There are also a of these folks that are using PTSD to get out of AD and deployments. While I realize that these are real for some, there are those that are faking it.

Mechaley said his PTSD symptoms have improved with counseling.

While serving in Iraq in 2004 and '05, Mechaley watched eight friends die in combat. When he returned home, he began to suffer from flashbacks and had trouble sleeping. He was diagnosed with PTSD and started going to counseling.

In 2006, he was recalled to active duty to help train Marines to shoot.

He still serves in the Marine Reserves.

"I used to go in (to see the counselor) once a week while I was in the service, but everything is so much better now," he said. "I no longer have flashbacks or trouble sleeping, and I see the counselor only about once every three months."




The guy down the street never got better, despite counseling and treatment programs. He ended up killing himself. I have to see his wife and daughter every morning and realize that this is real. At least for some.

He got his permit, but I think that now the problem will crop up that people will start lying about it. Bad precedent.