Subject: Veterans Are Receiving Letters
From VA Prohibiting The Ownership Of
Firearms...
This is an
outrage!
(SEE LETTER AT ABOVE
LINK)
Written By
Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly,
J.D.
How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have it is proposing to rule that you are incompetent to handle your own financial affairs? Suppose that letter also stated that the government is going to appoint a stranger to handle your affairs for you at your expense? That would certainly be scary enough but it gets worse.
What if that letter
also stated: “A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing,
possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly
violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both
pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as
implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2).”?
That makes is sound
like something right from a documentary on a tyrannical dictatorship somewhere
in the world. Yet, as I write this I have a copy of such a letter right in front
of me. It is being sent by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of America’s heroes. In my capacity as
Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation
(USJF) I have been contacted by some of these veterans and the
stories I am getting are appalling.
The letter provides
no specifics on the reasons for the proposed finding of incompetency; just that
is based on a determination by someone in the VA. In every state in the
United
States no one can be declared incompetent to
administer their own affairs without due process of law and that usually
requires a judicial hearing with evidence being offered to prove to a judge that
the person is indeed incompetent. This is a requirement of the Fifth Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution that states that no person shall “… be deprived of
life, liberty, or property without due process of law…”.
Obviously, the
Department of Veterans Affairs can’t be bothered by such impediments as the
Constitution, particularly since they are clearly pushing to fulfill one of
Obama’s main goals, the disarming of the American people. Janet Napolitano has
already warned law enforcement that some of the most dangerous among us are
America’s heroes, our veterans, and
now according to this letter from the VA they can be prohibited from buying or
even possessing a firearm because of a physical or mental
disability.
Think about it, the
men and women who have laid their lives on the line to defend us and our
Constitution are now having their own Constitutional rights denied. There are no
clear criteria for the VA to declare a veteran incompetent. It can be the loss
of a limb in combat, a head injury, a diagnosis of PTSD, or even a soldier just
telling someone at the VA that he or she is depressed over the loss of a buddy
in combat. In none of these situations has the person been found to be a danger
to themselves or others. If that was the case than all of the Americans who have
suffered from PTSD following the loss of a loved one or from being in a car
accident would also have to be disqualified from owning firearms. It would also
mean that everyone who has ever been depressed for any reason should be
disarmed. In fact, many of the veterans being deprived of their rights have no
idea why it is happening.
The answer seems to
be it is simply because they are veterans. At the USJF we intend to find the
truth by filing a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of
Veterans Affairs to force them to disclose the criteria they are using to place
veterans on the background check list that keeps them from exercising their
Second Amendment rights. Then we will take whatever legal steps are necessary to
protect our American warriors.
The reality is that
Obama will not get all of the gun control measures he wants through Congress,
and they wouldn’t be enough for him anyway. He wants a totally disarmed
America so there will be no
resistance to his plans to rob us of our nation. That means we have to ask who
will be next. If you are receiving a Social Security check will you get one of
these letters? Will the government declare that you are incompetent because of
your age and therefore banned from firearm ownership. It certainly fits in with
the philosophy and plans of the Obama administration. It is also certain that
our military veterans don’t deserve this and neither do any other
Americans.
--
Michael Connelly, J.D.
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3 comments:
Yep, the VA doesn't want you to own a gun if you've been declared mentally ill.
The horror!
The tyranny!
You know who else didn't want the mentally ill owning guns? Hitler!
Whoa Nelly. Well I keep reading & hearing about high suicide rates amongst the newer returning Vets, plus also high suicide rates now with those still in the military. I believe I read something about how there were more deaths in Afghanistan from suicide than from combat over the past 12 months. Think about that for 30 seconds.
So, lessee here. The VA seeks to protect Vets who are known to suffer from PTSD or other types of mental illness by taking away their guns & ammo.
Wow! Why hoooow unpatriotic of the VA to protect Vets.
Yet another example of rightwing nasty nuttiness. Support the Troops? NO.
Support ONLY MY PERSONAL desire to be an out of control, temper-tantrum throwing heavily propogandized by the NRA idiot who wants to be an asshole about the 2d Amendment, which I don't even really understand the meaning of.
SCREW the Troops. Let 'em all suicide away as long as I get to whine & vetch & fap about guns guns guns fap fap fap...
Assholes.
The reason Connelly is having a hissy-fit over mentally ill people having their guns taken away is because deep down he realizes that Wayne LaPierre is batshit insane.
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