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Federal law also limits gun ownership and possession, including among people who have been adjudicated by a court as mentally ill or committed to a mental health institution.

From Seattle Times Jun. 1, 2022

LPS stands for Lanterman–Petris–Short, the California law that regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2021

Weston spent time in St. Elizabeths, the notorious mental health institution in Washington, where John Hinckley, the man who shot Ronald Reagan, spent the past 35 years.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2016

In Texas, the Dallas County Jail is the second-largest mental health institution, behind only the Harris County Jail.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2016

Who is going to speak up when they have been in a mental health institution?

From BBC Jan. 13, 2014




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