When President Donald Trump (R) signed legislation to reopen the federal government, he also approved a provision that prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from stripping Second Amendment rights of veterans if they have been appointed a fiduciary to manage their benefits.
“While the NRA applauds President Trump and Congress for extending these protections for another year, the time has come for Congress to pass the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 1041/S.478), which will permanently prohibit the VA from submitting the names of veterans to NICS without due process,” wrote NRA-ILA.
NRA-ILA has been working for some time to make this protection permanent.
Last May, the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a markup which improved the Veterans 2ndAmendment Protection Act by including language to retroactively remove the unconstitutional inclusion of veterans to the NICS database. The legislation was favorably reported by the committee and still awaits consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has yet to markup the bill, but the NRA has continued to push for the U.S. Senate to move quickly to protect our veterans constitutional rights.
