Posted: 7/8/2008 12:35:36 AM EDT
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Committee Approves Second Amendment Legislation Week of July 07, 2008 The U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs approved the Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act (S.3167), which would end the government's ability to strip veterans of their Second Amendment rights. Currently, when the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) deems a veteran mentally incompetent and reports him or her to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act would require a judicial body to deem a veteran, surviving spouse, or child as a danger to himself or others before being listed in NICS. The legislation is supported by several veterans? organizations. |
