Congress moves to ensure veterans are protected from the VA reporting to NICS for simply using fiduciary assistance.
On November 12, President Donald Trump signed into law a government-funding package that includes a key provision safeguarding veterans’ firearm rights.
The legislation, passed by the U.S. Senate on November 10, covers the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies spending.
Within this bill is an amendment that ensures the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot revoke or restrict a veteran’s Second Amendment rights merely because a fiduciary was appointed over their benefits.
While the National Association for Gun Rights claims this is a step in the right direction, there is more work to be done.
Specifically, this measure fails to restore rights to more than 200,000 veterans who were “already wrongly stripped of their Second Amendment freedoms.”
Dudley Brown, President of the National Association for Gun Rights, sent out an email to members and supporters on Veterans Day, saying:
“…passing and codifying the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 1041) into law is needed.”
Under the the Obama and Biden Administrations, the VA categorically stripped and denied Second Amendment rights to our nation’s veterans, resulting in over 200,000 losing their right to bear arms because they sought help managing their VA benefits and some bureaucrat didn’t like it.
H.R. 1041 would retroactively restore gun rights to those veterans who have wrongly been stripped of their freedom to possess a firearm by these unconstitutional VA practices.
The National Association is already gathering petitions to deliver to federal lawmakers, demanding they pass H.R. 1041 — you can sign yours by clicking here.
