Social Security under fire for plan to disarm seniors

wnd.com ^ | 7/18/2016 | Bob Unruh

[rktman]

“It also appears that the adjudication of a recipient as being mentally defective can be made by any federal bureaucrat working for the SSA, and they can make the decision without any medical professional being involved. The often vague and sometimes generalized criteria for this adjudication process described in the proposed regulations clearly denies the basic elements of due process to the affected social security beneficiaries.

“The burden of proving they are competent and/or not mentally defective falls squarely on the Social Security beneficiary. This means the bottom line for Social Security recipients is the same as that for veterans. They are being denied their right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment without due process of law.

[firebrand]

I’d love to see something bad happen to those people. OK, maybe not losing their gun rights.

[firebrand]

Some states have laws requiring 24-hour notice after a gun is lost or stolen.

[NorthMountain]

"... the RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.""...

Learn it, live it, love it ... or haul your sorry carcass over to the demonicRAT party where you belong.

Your faith in the intelligence, good faith, and honor of government bureaucrats is misplaced.

[Organic Panic]

When the governmetn gives you something it can take away everything.

[i_robot73]

>
When I was a kid, we had this thing called The Bill of Rights in America. “Rights” weren’t just liberal psychobabble meaning more free stuff for the freeloaders.
>

Please! That’s *SO* passe.

You have a vocal group on this very board screaming, ‘Don’t though *my* SS’ (as if they paid into the illegal Ponzi scheme), the same/another 100% behind the ‘War on (some) Drugs’ and a bigger crowd A.O.K. with having a caste-system RE: ‘ex-cons’ vs. their Rights once their sentence is OVER.

/I wish I was /s

[i_robot73]

Learn it, live it, love it ... or haul your sorry carcass over to the demonicRAT party Cuba/Venezuela/UK/etc. where you belong.

[GOYAKLA]

Mine were stored with a privately owned server, in a closet in Chappaqua, New York. I have no knowledge of where they are.
In 1969, all my Father’s were in an wrecked Oldsmobile in Chappaquidick. We never saw those again.

[Texas resident]

The recipients have the burden of proof?

That means guilty until proven innocent to a bunch of govt. drones.

Another version of a death panel.

[SkyDancer]

They guns just went in the drink - where do I fill in the paperwork? Then too, Washington does not require firearm owners to report the loss or theft of a firearm, however if they’re insured you contact your insurance company. They write separate policies for firearms.

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, every so often we go out into Puget Sound and drop a wreath ... sad, very sad.

[SMARTY]

How many ‘congressmen’ are over 60?

[EternalVigilance]

They can have my guns.

When all my ammo is gone, and I’m dead.

I won’t need it any more at that point.

[rktman]

Terror watch list? “We ‘think’ we may have a problem with you so we’re gonna put you on the list. Just for safety sake of course.”

[archy]

This means the bottom line for Social Security recipients is the same as that for veterans. They are being denied their right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment without due process of law.

18 U.S. Code § 241 - Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

[archy]

Carolyn W. Colvin
Acting Commissioner of Social Security

Carolyn W. Colvin believes there is no greater calling than public service. Putting her own retirement on hold, Ms. Colvin returned to public service at the request of President Barack Obama to serve as deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration in January 2011. Since February 14, 2013, Ms. Colvin has served as acting commissioner. Receiving the president’s vote of confidence to lead the agency, Ms. Colvin was nominated to serve as the commissioner on June 20, 2014.

Recently inducted into the National Forum for Black Public Administrators Hall of Fame and named one of the Baltimore Sun’s “50 Women to Watch,” Ms. Colvin brings more than 30 years of senior executive leadership experience to the agency. She has led numerous health and human service organizations at the state and municipal levels of government, including serving in various capacities within Social Security. Ms. Colvin also serves as a member of the Social Security Board of Trustees and a National Academy of Public Administration’s Fellow.

As acting commissioner, Ms. Colvin oversees one of the largest agencies in the federal government, with more than 60,000 federal employees nationwide plus another 18,000 state employees who make medical determinations in the disability program. Social Security is responsible for paying more than $800 billion each year in monthly benefits to more than 60 million recipients. The agency also maintains the lifetime earnings records of more than 165 million workers.

Under Ms. Colvin’s leadership, the agency strives to provide excellent customer service in today’s tight fiscal climate while positioning itself to deliver services in the future that meet the changing needs of the public. Acting Commissioner Colvin’s dedication to public service ensures the agency provides prompt, accurate, and compassionate service—whether online, by phone, or in a Social Security office. Ms. Colvin consistently reminds the staff that behind every case or number, there is a person or family depending on the agency for help.

Ms. Colvin received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration and an honorary doctorate in Public Service from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. She lives in Odenton, Maryland.

[archy]

That means guilty until proven innocent to a bunch of govt. drones.

Another version of a death panel.

Turn about is fair play.

Two Red Guard members in front of a firing squad in Varkaus, Finland, during the 1918 attempted Communist coup

[oldfart]

There ARE veterans and SSI recipients who ARE mentally deficient and probably dangerous if given a gun. They should NOT be allowed to do so but that determination must be made by a judge in a court proceeding called for that particular case - NOT by a GS-9 clerk who just happens to be in charge of the computer that prints the signature of her boss. According to the Constitution, no one is to be deprived of life, liberty or property without a court order to that effect.

[tbw2]

I’m still trying to figure out how someone got a turkey on an airplane.

[firebrand]

Maybe you got on Air Force One by mistake.

[archy]

There ARE veterans and SSI recipients who ARE mentally deficient and probably dangerous if given a gun.

And are even more dangerous if you give them a few grenades.