[Old Sarge]

* As many as a quarter to a third of returning Iraq veterans could be prohibited from owning firearms -- based solely on a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder;

Is This True??

[tcostell]

no.

[processing please hold]

From all I read-yes. That’s what makes it such an abomination.

[Redcloak]

Nope. GOA's in fund-raising mode. This bill changes nothing about how the law defines mental illness. They are lying to veterans.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

now add to all those alleged cases of “PTSD” the MASSIVE number of kids who have been “diagnosed” by the NEA branch of the Brady Bunch with ADHD over the last 20 years or so......oh yeh....then there’s all those “bipolars”, too.....it’s neverending, the deviousness and planning these people put into their schemes

[CDHart]

I think it's possible. The "yellow sheet" asks about mental health. I wonder about those who take anti-depressants - will they be able to purchase and/or possess firearms?

Carolyn

[ozzymandus]

Not true. GOA fund-raising hype.

[editor-surveyor]

"Is This True??"

Yes, it's absolutely true. This has been building for several years. Some states have bveen trying to get military medical records since about ten years ago, so that they can disqualify vets from gun ownership. Now the dummacrap congress is fixing to make it national.