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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jun 1;35(6):1067–1075. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0017

Exhibit 2.

Prevalence of gun-disqualifying mental health conditions or criminal records in a sample of people with serious mental illnesses, 2002–11

Type of gun-disqualifying record Number Percent
Any mental health disqualification 10,473 12.82
  Involuntary civil commitment 10,414 12.75
  Incompetent to stand trial 1,716 2.10
  Not guilty by reason of insanity 236 0.29

Criminal disqualification (permanent or temporary) 17,078 20.90

Any criminal or mental health disqualification 22,973 28.12

Both criminal and mental health disqualification 4,578 5.60

Not disqualified 58,731 71.88
Involuntary examination (Baker Act)a,b 27,381 33.51
  Baker Act without criminal disqualification 21,343 26.12
Other not disqualifiedb 43,850 53.67

Total 81,704 100.00

Source Florida administrative record data assembled for this study, 2002–11.

Note Boldface rows sum to 100 percent of the study population.

a

The Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, commonly known as the Baker Act.

b

Includes criminal disqualification.