; and (2) in subsection (i)(4), by striking adjudicated as a mental defective and inserting adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental status . (d) NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 40902 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by striking adjudicated as a mental defective each place such term appears and inserting adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental status ; and (2) in section 101(c)(3) ( 34 U.S.C. 40911(c)(3) )— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking adjudicate a person as a mental defective and inserting adjudicate a person as ineligible due to disqualifying mental status ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking adjudicate the person as a mental defective and inserting adjudicate the person as ineligible due to disqualifying mental status .