More than 140 House Democrats are calling for the addition of authority to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to prohibit veterans from purchasing and owning firearms under certain circumstances.
For decades, the Veterans Administration has reported veterans’ mental health issues to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), and such issues require trustees to administer veterans’ benefits. It includes using. But earlier this year, the Clinton-area gun ban was repealed in the Senate by an amendment introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana).
After the adoption of the amendment, Kennedy Said“Unelected officials should not be able to unilaterally strip veterans of their Second Amendment rights. By passing my amendment today, the Senate We did the right thing for all Americans who love .”
House Democrats are crying out injustice and demanding a gun ban be included in the spending bill.
🚨Breaking news🚨
More than 140 House Democrats demand @DeptVetAffairs Last weekend, GOA began implementing state gun confiscation laws to disarm veterans in response to legislation repealing the Clinton-era Veterans Gun Ban Act that GOA forced Biden to sign.
Click here for the full letter⤵️https://t.co/yLEY85LFjJ pic.twitter.com/WEv1wYSfE4
— America’s Gun Owners (@GunOwners) March 15, 2024
The letter, led by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), reads in part:
The Kennedy amendment repeals 30 years of common-sense precedent and practice that ensures that veterans deemed “mentally incompetent” are added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The current process that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uses to make competency determinations as required by law includes an opportunity for appeal and allows veterans who are a danger to themselves or others to , which helps ensure that background check systems flag the following cases: Try buying a firearm.
Thompson and other Democrats continue to argue that the gun ban is a way to “protect our veterans.” Additionally, they are asking the VA to use various state red flag laws as a means to report veterans under certain circumstances.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and also writes Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment for Breitbart News. He is also a writer and curator. He is a political analyst for Armed American Radio and a professional staff member for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and completed his Ph.D. Military history focusing on the Vietnam War (Brown Navy), the U.S. Navy since its inception, the Civil War, and early modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. To get Down Range, you can sign up at breitbart.com/downrange. Please contact us directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
