Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) recently sent Eric Holder a letter when he was Attorney General demanding to know why the VA has been placing veterans on a federal gun ban list – labeling them as “mentally defective”.
Grassley wrote, “The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is effectively a national gun ban list and placement on the list precludes the ownership and possession of firearms. According to the Congressional Research Service, as of June 1, 2012, 99.3% of all names reported to the NICS list’s “mental defective” category were provided by the Veterans Administration (VA) even though reporting requirements apply to all federal agencies. 1 And that percentage remained virtually unchanged as of April 2013.2 Given the numbers, it is essential to ensure that the process by which the VA reports names to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for placement on the NICS list recognizes and protects the fundamental nature of veterans’ rights under the Second Amendment.”
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Right. Real smart. Carry a gun and protect millions, then deny them the right to protect themselves.
The very very old vets.
If they are good enough to risk their lives to defend our country they have every right to carry guns I took an oath when I served to defend our country from enemies foreign and domestic to this day no one has ever relieved me of that oath…..
Gladly
He keeps shooting his mouth off like he does no he won’t. That’s the main gripe I hear from ppl it’s like he’s trying to lose now.
You’ll wish there is a vet nearby when it hits the fan,dude.
Remember what we were told in the military about calling them “guns”? I don’t own any “guns”!
Totally wrong.
People automatically assume this is a gun grab. How about a safety issue? You know like PTSD or OLD AGE??? Every body aint trying to take your damn guns. BUT paranoid idiots shouldnt be armed.
I dont either.