Grassley Stands Up for Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights

By Ammoland

WASHINGTON – -(Ammoland.com)- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is working to correct a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) practice that interferes with the Second Amendment rights of former military service members.

The agency is reporting veterans and dependents who need help managing their VA benefits to the National Instant Criminal Background Check system, a list of individuals who are prohibited from owning and possessing firearms.

Roughly 99 percent of all names submitted to the list’s “mental defective” category were reported by the VA even though every federal agency is required to report.

“Our military heroes risked their lives to protect and defend this country and all that we stand for, including our most basic constitutional rights. Now the very agency created to serve them is jeopardizing their Second Amendment rights through an erroneous reading of gun regulations. The VA’s careless approach to our veterans’ constitutional rights is disgraceful,” Grassley said.

Veterans Affairs has the authority to determine whether a veteran is competent to manage his or her insurance benefits, VA benefits and other financial matters for the limited purposes of appointing a fiduciary. However, the agency has been submitting names of individuals appointed a fiduciary to the …Read the Rest

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