Court: State Trooper Can’t Carry Gun While Off-Duty Due to Mental Health Record

[lostinblue 1,989]

Court: State Trooper Can’t Carry Gun While Off-Duty Due to Mental Health Record

Yet officer is allowed to carry while on-duty, granting him special concession he is not afforded as a private citizen

Kit Daniels

Infowars.com

December 27, 2013

A Pennsylvania court has declared that a state trooper who was previously hospitalized for depression should be banned from possessing firearms while off-duty, but should still be allowed to carry a gun while on-duty, granting him special concession while serving the state which he is not afforded as a private citizen.

Unfortunately courts routinely grant special status to government officials over private citizens.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that State Trooper Michael L. Keyes’ involuntary mental health treatment in 2006 bars him from possessing any firearms privately, but he should still be allowed to carry a gun while on official police business, according to Penn Live.

“The dangers inherent in the possession of firearms by the mentally ill are manifest,” Jude Fort Elliott declared. “A present clean bill of health is no guarantee that a relapse is not possible.”

Yet Elliott also stated that Keyes should still be allowed to have a firearm while on-duty as a state trooper, implying that public officials have special status over private citizens.

Keyes was serving as a state trooper when he was ordered into mental health treatment for an alleged depressive episode which led to a suicide attempt.

Even though his mental health provider later cleared him for duty after successful treatment, Keyes fought an uphill legal battle to be reinstated into law enforcement, which he finally won in 2010.

This case reveals how agents of the state, particularly police officers, are allowed to do things that are considered unlawful for private citizens to do.

Police officers routinely give out citations for driving while texting yet their patrol cars are commonly equipped with laptops and other electronic devices which these officers use while driving.

In New York and California, police officers are confiscating firearms from peaceful Americans yet they are more than happy to receive surplus military firepower from the Department of Homeland Security for police use.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” George Orwell stated in his book Animal Farm, which is unfortunately an accurate assessment of anyone wearing a government uniform.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You hear that sound out there? Those are the black helicopters. They're coming for your guns. Right now.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

If he's not mentally stable to carry a gun off duty, he's not stable to carry one while on duty. Talk about a double standard.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If he's not mentally stable to carry a gun off duty, he's not stable to carry one while on duty. Talk about a double standard.

This is true. He should probably do a desk job.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

This is true. He should probably do a desk job.

That would probably be in everyone's best interest until he is ready to go back to more hands on duty.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Would a mentally stable person ever want to be in law enforcement? I have known many cops, and not a single one was what I would call well adjusted to living on this planet. Borderline schizophrenics bent on personal destruction with suicidal tendencies and an inability to develop strong personal relationships is typical.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If he's a smearing himself with his own filth he should not be trusted with a gun

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

You hear that sound out there? Those are the black helicopters. They're coming for your guns. Right now.

What message do you wish to convey with your words?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Would a mentally stable person ever want to be in law enforcement? I have known many cops, and not a single one was what I would call well adjusted to living on this planet. Borderline schizophrenics bent on personal destruction with suicidal tendencies and an inability to develop strong personal relationships is typical.

And some of the biggest drinkers I've known have been cops and firemen. And I've know a few firemen who were coke heads too.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What message do you wish to convey with your words?

He knows what message I wish to convey.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

If he's a smearing himself with his own filth he should not be trusted with a gun

There's so much more to depression than ever playing with one's own feces. If you've never been there, then you've been fortunate.

He knows what message I wish to convey.

Ok. So humor the rest of us?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If he's masturbating over his grandma, a gun is a no no.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

If he's masturbating over his grandma, a gun is a no no.

...Says the man without a gun...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Says the random dude on the Internet

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

My wife says she can set anybody up with one of her girlfriends, if you all think you might need a legitimate reason to be here. She is quite the matchmaker.