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Hawaii gun permit ruling sides with ‘homesick’ Navy officer
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press
Nov 27, 06:06 PM
Hawaii cannot deny a firearms permit simply because someone has sought counseling, a judge has ruled. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
HONOLULU — A U.S. Navy officer stationed in Hawaii cannot be denied a firearms permit solely because he sought counseling for feeling depressed and homesick, a federal judge ruled.
Michael Santucci, a cryptologic warfare officer from Fort Myers, Florida, saw a medical provider at a military hospital for feelings of depression and homesickness a few months after arriving in Hawaii last year, according to his lawsuit, filed in April.
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