Can I legally purchase ammunation with a mental health issue in north carolina?
<p>Can I legally purchase ammunition with a mental health hospitalization in north Carolina?</p>

<p>I was hospitalized recently can I legally purchase ammo in North Carolina?</p>

<p>North Carolina does not regulate ammunition sales, other than teflon-coated bullets. Federal law does however and under <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922" rel="nofollow noreferrer">18 USC 922(d)</a></p>

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  <p>It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of
  any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable
  cause to believe that such person... (4) has been adjudicated as a
  mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution</p>
</blockquote>

<p>On a related theme, NC law (<a href="https://www4.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_14/gs_14-404.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">G.S. 14-404(c)(4)</a>) also prohibits issuing a firearms permit to</p>

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  <p>One who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent or has been
  committed to any mental institution.</p>
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<p>Both laws refer to being <em>committed</em> to a mental institution, which is a legal process, thus simply being a resident in a hospital with mental issues does not qualify.</p>

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