By the way; the VA did this nonsense then the government would yank the right to own firearms away from the VA patients who tested positive. Now very few people trust the VA.
This is just another back door gun confiscation scheme.
I well remember a question some years ago at my doctors office about firearms in my home. They were just doing what they had to do from the directives of the insurance company.
I said, “I am armed to the extreme, and have been shooting from the time I was a small boy and have never raised a firearm in anger.”
In my youth I was an avid hunter. I just got tired of killing game animals. I have zero problems with ethical hunters. One friend hunts my land and we share the venison. It is delicious.
Most unfortunately if I ever need to raise my firearms in anger in the future it will not be a deer. I pray that day never comes. I am good with firearms, 300 yards is easy but beyond that gets a bit hard. 500 yards needs superior optics that I do not possess.
ps
Relative to vermin on my land such as coyotes and pigs, killing such is just house cleaning. I do not kill the rattlesnakes unless they are near my house. They could kill my dogs and thus must go. It would be totally impossible to clear my land of all rattlesnakes. If they are not near my house I just leave them alone.
My older brother has VA health care...
not only do they periodically check to see if he is taking
anything he is not supposed to be taking, but
they also check to see if he is taking the things he is supposed to be taking.
“This is just another back door gun confiscation scheme.”
Exactly. Not to mention getting their hooks further into people’s personal lives.
I imagine that this is Step 1. Step 2 is anyone with a positive blood test is placed on a no-buy list. Step 3 is no gun ownership whatsoever (confiscation).
Eating a poppyseed bagel will give you a positive test result, but good luck explaining that to the tyrants.