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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ok so just what the $#%&!@* does the VA have to do with any law enforcement agency? nothing they are supposed to be healing veterans this sounds like a made up bull$#%&!@* article to me.
Shameful Way To Treat Our Veterans
How is a lame list going to prevent vets from owning guns? Get real. Are you trying to pacify the $#%&!@* liberals?
I’ll give them to you 1 bullit at a time, come on over
why
NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE VA PUSHES TO DECLARE EVERY SOLDIER WITH PTSD
I’ll buy them their gun
It’s just one more incremental step in denying a segment of the population their 2nd Amendment rights. One group at a time – one group at a time.
And the dismanteling of America continues
Nothing more Beautiful, or Deadly, than a Vet with an M1!