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More than 140 House Democrats are demanding that the ability to bar veterans from gun purchases/ownership under certain circumstances be added back to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
For decades, the VA has been required to report veterans to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for mental issues, and such issues include using a fiduciary to manage one’s VA benefits. But this year, the Clinton-area gun ban was rolled back in the Senate by an amendment put forward by Sen. John Kennedy ., “Unelected bureaucrats shouldn’t be able to strip veterans of their Second Amendment rights unilaterally.
The Kennedy Amendment rolls back 30 years of common-sense precedent and practice which ensures that veterans who are deemed to be “mentally incompetent” are added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System .
Thompson and his fellow Democrats go on to say the gun ban is a way to “protect veterans.” Moreover, they urge the VA to use the red flag laws in various states as a tool to report veterans, under certain circumstances., a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a pro-staffer for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and holds a Ph.D.
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