Posted on 06/16/2015 2:26:03 PM PDT by Whenifhow
A legal team investigating the Obama administrations order that certain American military veterans deemed incompetent give up their weapons says the problem is worse than expected.
People who live with veterans now are being ordered not to possess a gun, and some veterans are told they can buy back their Second Amendment rights by giving up their veterans benefits.
This is simply unbelievable, On the one hand the [Veterans Administration] and the FBI have found veterans to be mentally ill and too dangerous to be allowed to own firearms, while on the other hand allowing these allegedly dangerous people to buy their firearms rights back, wrote Michael Connelly, executive director of the United States Justice Foundation in a report.
This is illegal and is called extortion.
The organization has been looking into claims by a number of veterans and their family members.
The veterans were sent a letter telling them they were being classified as incompetent and the government was assigning someone to help them handle their benefits and payments.
Consequently, they were told, they could no longer own weapons, under penalty of fines and jail time.
The problem was that the veterans were being determined guilty without a hearing regarding the potential loss of their constitutional rights, USJF said at the time.
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But [they] are being told that if they do defy the government and appeal, their benefit payments can be suspended for the duration of the appeal, which can drag on for years, the report said.
The families of veterans are also [being] told that since they live with a veteran who has been declared incompetent they cant own or purchase firearms.
Or theres that option to give up benefits, the report said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Thanks - Hoping this is the case but we must remain vigilant because we know they would like nothing better than to control the guns and the people.
Ouch
Check out # 59 for update.
Thanks, WildHighlander. Good catch. ... (Freepers working together for accuracy.)
Thanks.
You’re welcome; check out the comment by Ben Weihrich at that link.
The key word to this is ADJUDICATED, declared by a court.
That makes all the difference in the world...
They don’t just send out letters to -all- the vets, the ones that are getting any sort of notice are ones that have been declared incompetent by a court of law.
Thanks for the update. Just because this was cleared up doesn’t mean we should let our guard down.
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