Gun-control laws may tighten in California

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6. There's little to no chance of that surviving a Constitutional challenge.

Heller established that gun ownership is an individual right. While courts have upheld the right of the government to keep weapons from people with mental illnesses, it cannot do so when there is no mental illness present.

If a college kid get depressed at 22 years old and spends a few months getting help, there is no way the government can justify keeping him away from firearms at 42, two decades after completing his treatment. They can try, but there's no real question that the courts would toss it as discriminatory and unconstitutional.