Under current VA policy, if a veteran who defended this country has to go to the VA and ask for help managing his or her financial affairs the VA automatically reports that veteran to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System … and that veteran loses his firearm … automatically, no due process, no questions asked. This ion has not been made by a judge, it’s being made by a bureaucrat. All our Amendment would do would be … to say the VA, just because you’ve asked for help with your money, cannot automatically take away your firearm or report you to NICS unless a judge has ruled that that veteran is a danger to to himself or to others. [Watch]
Now look at how ABC News/MSN couch it, knowing full well most will not do more than scan the headlines and the first few words:
Senate approved amendment that would limit gun background checks for veterans
Then immediately tie that in with the Maine shooter being a veteran…
[Via Jess]
Don’t forget to thank Wayne and his boys, who vociferously assured us that the law was NOT going to damage the rights of veterans, and begged us to support it.
I was not aware of that — got a link?
You can read a copy of the “grassroots alert” where NRA called the bill “sound legislation” here, although the original link at NRA-ILA has long been memory-holed. Also check out this page, where GOA correctly fisks NRA’s flawed excuses.
Despite the persistent deceptions, with lines like “I oppose the war but I support the troops.”, the Left hates the military and always will.