Posted on 08/07/2019 8:43:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
Do not tell any medical professional you are a gun owner. Ever. If they ask, do you own guns, your answer is no. Always.
The big difference is you would know they took your guns. Not why probably won’t have a real means to appeal it will take lawyers and money.
Lawyers, guns, and money.......
Guns are scary. I would never have any around the house!
I went to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Office in my little city.
You have to walk through a metal detector to get in.
After you go through the metal detector, you must sign in with the armed guard.
The armed guard is just a few feet away from the front office of the VBA.
You must go into the front office on VBA issues. The adjudicators are behind a locked door behind the armed guard.
I had an appointment to see the office manager, an older woman.
I sat down and showed her my bank statements proving that someone at VBA was stealing from me.
She produced a piece of paper with nothing but two numbers on it.
She claimed that the paper proved that no one was stealing from me.
I told her anybody can write numbers on a sheet of paper.
It didn’t prove anything.
I lifted up my bank statements and asked her to look at them.
She started screaming.
Not talking,
SCREAMING.
“SIR, GET OUT OF MY OFFICE! SIR, GET OUT OF MY OFFICE.”
I realized that she was calling for the armed guard.
I figured if they had some big criminal operation going on, that the armed guard might be in on it.
I got the heck out of there.
The metal detector and the armed guard are there to let you know that they can shoot you if you cause them trouble at the VBA.
I contacted the regional office.
Not even a reply.
I contacted the VA Inspector General.
Not even a reply.
The VBA is organized crime.
They will steal from you and all the employees will swear that they did nothing wrong.
You can also wind up on The Bad Veteran List, or have the armed guard come for you.
They make sure you are unarmed.
Gun rights orgs excluding embroiled NRA.
https://nationalgunrights.org/
https://constitutionalrightspac.com/#
Nazis had gun laws too. America is becoming a Nazi Germany clone.
My jarhead nephew had just returned from Sandboxistan after his second tour.
He went to the Houston VA (Obie was still prez) because he had contracted some weird ailment.
The VA had a special clinic for returning vets. The nurse had an armed guard accompany my nephew to the BATHROOM. WTF? Did they classify every returning Marine as a threat?
A doctor tried to convince him that he had PTSD which he did NOT.
I hope that the VA has seen some changes since Obie left.
BTW, I think my nephew got liver fluke parasites from eating the local food over there. He has been quite ill, but is now recovering.
Our country is blessed to have such outstanding young warriors.
That is the exact line I used when I lived in Minnesota. I also did the maximum liberal snowflake act when dealing with so called medical professionals there.
I used to think that organizations like the NRA, GOA, etc. were in the forefront of that. Looks like I was wrong.
An interesting note, is that I know of a VA federal employee that recommends that clients do not seek PTSD compensation because this will require a medical PTSD diagnosis which will eventually lead to gun confiscation.
Such a diagnosis will eventually make it’s way into the red flag laws, and the VA, being a federal entity, will provide the names.
So those that bravely fought in the name of their country will lose their right to defend their own lives.
I recall reading an article decades ago about how the Soviet soldier was one of the few allowed to own a gun for hunting. My point being, the commies treated their soldiers better in this area.
Well, during triage, the very first question out of the medical technician's mouth was, do you own a gun?
I hesitated because it shocked me and I wasn't sure where he was headed with it. I was in there for medial treatment and an Rx and wasn't expecting the question.
But after a few moments of an uncomfortable pause on my part, I answered in the negative.
I simply said, "That's none of your damn business."
He said fine, that they were required to ask everyone who presented for treatment, the same question. And that was the end of it.
I know they have dropped the policy since then because I have never been asked the gun ownership question again despite multiple visits to the VA.
Red-flagging veterans about their gun ownership apparently didn't go over very well with the veterans themselves.
We have a new VA clinic in our area and I went there to check on getting med supplies. I had to be “buzzed” in the door just to get into the place. There were huge bronze plaques spelling out how criminal it is to bring a gun into the place. The receptionists worked behind plexiglass shielded windows.
I’m so thankful I have medicare and a supplement that covers just about everything except meds. I pitty the poor vet that has to use this jackass system. And to think the lefties want to pattern free healthcare after this mess.
Makes me sad to read of the problems others are experiencing. My VA Hospital and treatment within, are outstanding.
I’m sure care quality has something to do with where you live (which is shouldn’t!), though President Trump has signed quite a number of positive bills that are awesome for us Vets. I’m expecting even more from him in his next term. :)
https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
One of my favorites, that saves me time and gas money for more localized care if I need it. I was able to have my mammogram done locally this year, for a change. I am an hour away (drive time) from my VA:
June 6, 2018—President Trump signed the VA Mission Act into law, a major reform of the department which expanded veterans’ access to private healthcare, created new healthcare programs, and reorganized existing programs for efficiency.[22]
Read through the list. The legislation and EOs are impressive for a guy who has only been in the game for 3 years! MAGA! :)
Tried to get an attorney.
You can only use VA approved attorneys.
I kid you not.
Drove across the state to see the one VA approved attorney in my state.
He said,
“I’m still on that list? Thanks for stopping by.”
VBA is organized crime.
During the Obama administration, the answer to your question is yes.
Remember the lesbian dyke, Janet Napalitano who served as Obama's head of Homeland Security?
She issued an intelligence report in 2009 that said that returning veterans posed a high terrorist risk and threat to the US.
Her statement was met with so much blowback from veterans' groups and the GOP, that she later apologize for the statement.
But it gives you some insight into how the Obama administration viewed the veteran community.
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