Posted on 03/04/2024 6:49:28 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
A deal made by congressional leaders to avert a partial shutdown of the U.S. government includes an attempt to ease some veterans' access to gun ownership, even when they are deemed "mentally incompetent" to handle their own finances.
The $436 billion funding package agreed on by congressional lawmakers Wednesday extended the deadline for the expiration of funding for government agencies—including the military and Department of Veteran Affairs—from March 1 to March 8. It was the fourth extension painstakingly agreed on by a divided Congress during this fiscal year, but it spelled optimism that a deal for the long-term budget plan could be reached later this year.
Among the victories touted by Republicans in this deal is a bill that would eliminate the decades-old ban on gun ownership for veterans deemed unfit to possess a firearm—a measure gun-rights advocates have long protested.
Gun Owners of America, a nonprofit lobbying organization that promotes gun rights, wrote about the elimination of the ban on X, formerly Twitter.
"Congressional deal cuts funding to the ATF," the organization said, referring to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, "and eliminates a 20+ year old gun ban for veterans. It also temporarily reauthorizes the archaic Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988."
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Democrats already have access to guns.
Biden must be thrilled.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
‘Mentally Incompetent’ doesn’t include men who think they are women, because they are now the picture of health. It includes those who think they are deranged.
I'll bet the WeakNews gungrabber Giulia Carbonaro doesn't tell us how many of these people there are...
Having someone appointed to handle your finances does not mean you’ve been adjudicated as mentally incompetent.
Aren’t these the same guys the communists want to be air traffic controllers?
as due trans she/he people
They are allowed to vote, why shouldn’t they be allowed to have guns? They can have weed, why shouldn’t they be allowed to have guns?
Slow Joe already has access to nuclear codes.
A mentally incompetent criminal in the White House has access to the nuclear football.
My thoughts too.
I always wonder about leftists who like guns. Why the heck do you keep voting for people who want to disarm you then? Are you mentally incompetent?
Oh, wait.
As much as it pains me, the Constitution is for democrats and liberals too. *sigh*
True: Every person in this nation’s military is well trained in weapons use from M-16’s to a sidearm. Financial MGMT. has zip to do with weapons. Heck, we kept our CAR 15’s in MACVSOG on full auto all the time. Yes, we used the safety.
The right to self defense is God given.
Boy, did you ever nail it with that post.
Can’t prosecute President Retards because he’s senile but they want to give him a gun
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