Involuntary Commitment and Loss of Right to Possess Firearms
In re Vencil Appeal of Pa. State Police, 152 A.3d 235 (Pa. 2017)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court interprets Pennsylvania statute governing challenges to loss of right to possess firearms following involuntary civil commitment for mental health treatment, holding that when reviewing a physician’s decision to involuntarily commit an individual, a court must find that the physician’s decision was supported by a preponderance of the evidence available to the physician when the decision was made.