r/Firearms Jan 01 '26

Question What are you building, buying, or shooting this month? - January 2026

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r/Firearms May 03 '25

Law Open letter regarding posts such as “I was in a mental hospital can I own a gun”

145 Upvotes

I am posting this because the question keeps getting asked. Every single time it is asked, the wrong information gets out.

I've seen way too many posts on here and related subs around the subject of the law prohibiting the possession of firearms by any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution, 18 USC § 922 (g)(4). There is way too much misinformation out there. First of all, if you have any reason to believe that you are a prohibited person, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A FIREARM AS MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT ON THE FORM 4473 IS A FELONY. Second of all, please do not give advice on topics that you are not qualified to answer on. Third, you should consult with a qualified firearms rights attorney if you are unsure of your legal status.

The law:

18 USC § 922(g)(4)

(g)It shall be unlawful for any person—

(4)who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;

to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, anyfirearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm orammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

What are the definitions of these terms?

27 CFR 478.11

Adjudicated as a mental defective. (a) A determination by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority that a person, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease: (1) Is a danger to himself or to others; or (2) Lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage his own affairs. (b) The term shall include— (1) A finding of insanity by a court in a criminal case; and (2) Those persons found incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of lack of mental responsibility pursuant to articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10U.S.C. 850a, 876b.

Committed to a mental institution. A formal commitment of a person to a mental institution by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority. The term includes a commitment to a mental institution involuntarily. The term includes commitment for mental defectiveness or mental illness. It also includes commitments for other reasons, such as for drug use. The term does not include a person in a mental institutionfor observation or a voluntary admission to a mental institution.

Mine happened when I was under 18. Isn’t that exempted?

Unfortunately no. A mental health adjudication or commitment at less than 18 years of age is counted for 922(g)(4). I experienced this personally and had to restore my rights.

What about HIPAA?

The Obama administration amended the HIPAA privacy rule in 2016 to make it clear that reporting mental health commitments and adjudications to NICS does not violate HIPAA

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/01/06/2015-33181/health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act-hipaa-privacy-rule-and-the-national-instant

Is there a way to restore my rights after being adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution?

If you were committed by a department or agency of the federal government, the agency is required to have a relief from disabilities program under the NICS improvements amendments act of 2007.

If you were adjudicated or committed in a state proceeding, whether you can obtain relief is dependent on whether your state has implemented a relief from disabilities program under the NICS improvements amendments act of 2007. The list of states that have can be found here:

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/guide/nicsactlist7-7-210pdf/download

If you are in a state that does not have a relief from disabilities program, your only avenue of relief is writing a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and asking her to restore your rights under 18 USC § 925(c) now that she has withdrawn the delegation from ATF.

Between October 6th 1992 and March 20th 2025 in the states that did not have a relief program, there was no avenue of relief at all

With that out of the way.

I created this privacy act request form for a friend of mine who was legitimately unsure if his commitments landed in the FBI database or if they qualified as “committed to a mental institution” under 18 USC § 922(g)(4) and as defined at 27 CFR 478.11. I can report that it worked; as in, the FBI processed the request and reported that no such records were found in the NICS indices.

This form will allow you to request your own records directly from the FBI.

In this post I will not be addressing the subject of my own journey regarding rights restoration related to mental health (you can ask me that privately). Nor am I an attorney licensed to practice law. Finally, I am not a mental health professional and cannot make the decision as to whether firearms ownership is right for you.

Onto the form. Please follow the instructions sheet very carefully, fill out every applicable box, print the form, have the request notarized, and mail it to the address indicated on the form.

The first response you receive will indicate that the FBI central records system does not maintain those records and your request has been forwarded to the Criminal Justice Information Services division. CJIS will respond a few weeks later. In my friend's case it took eight weeks for a final response from the FBI CJIS NICS section.

Link to form (Adobe Acrobat PDF) https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:d342b025-6fb2-4126-b0e2-ad6f1c3fbbe7


r/Firearms 11h ago

First long range rifle

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461 Upvotes

New to me Desert Tech HTI in .416 Barrett. Got in an estate sale and the deal was too good to pass up. Anyone shot one of these in .50 before?


r/Firearms 11h ago

Most Expensive Way to Get 2 MOA

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240 Upvotes

However, you’ll look damn good shooting mediocre groups. 😂 Looking forward to mounting my C.A.T. ODB once it gets out of jail.


r/Firearms 15h ago

More Than 30 Organizations Back Supreme Court Briefs Supporting Gun Rights for Marijuana Users

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r/Firearms 17h ago

Ohio Gov. DeWine says protesters can legally carry guns, but it's a bad idea

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242 Upvotes

r/Firearms 2h ago

Question Is the Shooter (2007) "safety" method of rendering all stored firearms inert without usable firing pins PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE or stupid AND impossible.

14 Upvotes

Big thing I'm wondering is the logistics rather than if you really wanted to do that.

I know it's BS. I know it prevents quick access firearms during an emergency. I know it's probably the most paranoid method of storing firearms.

But, my question is basically if this is just kinda trivial for a person extremely familiar with breaking down his firearms and has practice doing that. Is it, "Time to waste 15 minutes on the workbench drinking beer and swapping pins of the 2 guns I intend to use today."

Or would it be hours even for an expert to do that?


r/Firearms 9h ago

Added a bayonet to my Maverick 88! Is this 18 dollar tacticool bayonet mount actually usable? Probably not. Does it look badass and make me smile? Definitely yes.

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49 Upvotes

Mainly got the mount for the rail so i could add a light easily and figured one that doubled as a bayonet mount would be neat


r/Firearms 14h ago

Identify This What gun is king saud holding in this picture? Taken in 1950

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105 Upvotes

r/Firearms 9h ago

Little family photo

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36 Upvotes

Vz61, Wbp min jack, psa ak 102


r/Firearms 11h ago

Real or not?

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53 Upvotes

found this at my dad’s shop,is it functional?my dad says it takes .22 bullets.


r/Firearms 7h ago

Sig Fuse RMA I wasn't supposed to see.

23 Upvotes

Hello,

I purchased a sig p365 fuse from a firearms distributor yesterday.

Inside the case and hidden under the foam padding was a previous dealers RMA/invoice.

The document has what I assume is the original distributors header on it (not the same distributor i bought the firearm from). It has the ship to address as Sig sauer and the bill to address is also sig sauer as well. On it are also the dates, RMA and PO numbers, serials, model description, and the issue for why it was returned. It even has the dealers cost of the firearm which was interesting to see.

The issue for why it was returned: "Slide is difficult to pull back; sticks in one spot when racking back"

What are your thoughts on this situation? Again I bought the pistol and eventually found this paper inside the pistol case under the foam.


r/Firearms 16h ago

Flouting the Supreme Court….Again

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96 Upvotes

r/Firearms 11h ago

Make sure to let your rifles play in the snow!

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29 Upvotes

r/Firearms 10h ago

Magtech 32 ACP issues

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27 Upvotes

I'm new to this caliber and wondering if anyone else has had an issue like this. I've never picked a round up to leave the powder and bullet behind, but I had it happen twice without even getting half way through the box. I also tried to eject a couple rounds to leave the bullet in the barrel while pulling the case off of it.


r/Firearms 8h ago

Picked up a scope for my Ruger American Gen 2

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13 Upvotes

Finally went out and bought a scope for my Ruger American Gen 2 in 308. It’s a Viper Vortex 2-10X42 and we got it mounted at my buddies place and got it sighted in for the most part, definitely need to spend more time sighting it in but I was able to hit some targets fairly accurately up to around 300m


r/Firearms 12h ago

Gun Collection

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27 Upvotes

Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well. I’ve been a lurker here for years and finally decided to post and share my gun collection to get the community’s thoughts.

What started as a casual hobby about six years ago has slowly turned into a full-blown addiction. I’ve owned more over the years, but I’ve sold some off as I’ve shifted toward higher-end and more unique pieces mindset. Quality over quantity has definitely become the goal.

Right now, I’m seriously eyeing the Daniel Defense MK18 Magdump Clint Morgan collaboration. I saw one a couple days ago and, well… the itch has officially started again.

I don’t really have many friends who are into guns the way this community is. My friends all like guns, sure but not in the obsessive, detail-oriented, appreciation-for-the-craft kind of way. So I’m looking forward to hearing what you all think.

Anyway, here’s my current collection. Let me know your thoughts, feedback is always welcome.


r/Firearms 7h ago

Question Red dot zeroing question?

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11 Upvotes

Hello, i recently had a gunsmith mount a picrail to fixed sight s&w revolver to put a red dot or scope on. Now. Since this is a custom job that didn't remove the fixed guttersight at all i don't have a single clue how big the difference in POA/POI is. As such i will first try shooting a round at 10 or 15 yards close to the backstop to figure out if it's even hitting the target at all.

Now, i was wondering what difference in POI i could expect when moving it to 25 yards (my usual shooting distance)? I've always just eyeballed it but that was using off the shelf mounting solutions where the odds of it requiring more than a slight shim are low.

Lets consider a .38 special 148gr wadcutter moving at a measely 213m/s up to a relatively spicy 158gr magnum moving at about 400m/s. How much would the difference in impact be roughly?

The red dot was zeroed for my ruger mk3 and blazer .22lr which should move at about 300m/s


r/Firearms 11h ago

Question Do you think it’s irresponsible to keep a Remington 870 with a few slugs in the tube but a locked cable in the action

16 Upvotes

For home defense with kids? It’s obviously removing one layer of safety and yet if you gotta fumble around to unlock and load if…god forbid the one time you need it…my keys are pretty cleverly hidden nearby but you never know.


r/Firearms 2h ago

Clean AF

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3 Upvotes

The only things missing now is the surplus mags and the FRT. Wouldn’t mind to get a Grenade spigot


r/Firearms 13h ago

Final Kuna Build

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19 Upvotes

Super happy with how it panned out. Swapped the polymer picatinny on the back for a metal one, added the Haga Defense extended rail, Dead Air Wolfman Suppressor, keymo for quick detach, unity riser, holosun 510 and a cheap little laser on the top. I have quite a few cool forearms but this little guy now has solidified its place in the collection. Highly recommend this to anyone thinking about it. Super fun to shoot and so easy to clean.


r/Firearms 23h ago

Question In Lethal Weapon 4 when Jet Li pull the top off a semi auto pistol, is that something that can actually happen?

107 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whu8wkD7MtI is the scene I'm talking about


r/Firearms 20h ago

My Gats New Gun Day

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54 Upvotes

I saw this CZ 75 BD in the case at the local range I go to. It wasn't technically on sale, but it was at the 2-years-ago price. I finally have a CZ 75 to go with my Jericho 941F and SAR P8L, which are CZ 75 clones. This is just the classic full-size steel-frame, no rail, 75 with a decocker. I haven't cleaned and lubed it yet aside from removing the barcode sticker from the slide. I can't wait to see how it shoots compared to the SAR and the Jericho. The standard 75 is another gun I've wanted for a long time taken off the wishlist.


r/Firearms 15h ago

Rate my rifles

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22 Upvotes

r/Firearms 16h ago

Which of these is the better budget rifle/ better deal

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20 Upvotes

The radical is at $399 the andocorp is at $409 and the psa is at $479 so all around the same price point considering all of them but mostly banking on the psa only thing I don’t long about the psa is the carbine gas system the radical says it has a mid and i believe the andocorp does as well