Federal law prohibits anyone who has been "adjudicated as a mental defective," as well as those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility, from buying a gun. 联邦法律禁止任何人已“定为一个心理缺陷”,以及那些已不由自主犯送入精神病院,从买一把枪。
However, judicial interpretation is limited to the realm of legislation, it is restricted by imperfect stipulation of civil general law – General Principles of Civil Law about the system of mental damage compensation so that it is inborn defective. 但由于司法解释只能囿于立法范围之内加以规定,受目前我国民事基本法&民法通则对于精神损害赔偿制度规定不完善的制约,该解释难免有其先天不足之虞。