A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that a correctional officer and Army veteran who was committed to a mental institution as a teenager cannot be barred from owning firearms.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s ruling was issued Monday in a Second Amendment lawsuit filed by Jonathan K. Yox against U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and ATF Director B. Todd Jones.

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