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Published Online: December 1968

Who Should Have a Gun? Some Preliminary Psychiatric Thoughts

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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Recent events have made concern over gun laws increasingly urgent. Psychiatrists may be called upon to aid in the preparation of legislation and its enforcement through clinical evaluations and recommendations. The authors present a relevant clinical example and suggested preliminary criteria for mental competence to possess guns.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 841 - 843
PubMed: 5698456

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Published in print: December 1968
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Research associate, instructor in psychiatry, and fellow in forensic psychiatry, Temple University unit in law and psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122
Training supervisor in forensic psychiatry, lecturer in law, and clinical instructor in psychiatry, Temple University unit in law and psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122

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