VFW SC District 1

VFW Washington Weekly - March 7, 2008

Posted at 09:43 AM on Saturday, March 8, 2008 by dist1

In This Issue:
1. VFW Commander-in-Chief Testifies Before VA Committees
2. VFW Members Storm the Hill
3. Veterans Disarmament Bill Doesn't Exist
4. GI Bill Update

3. Veterans Disarmament Bill Doesn't Exist: An allegation is being passed around the Internet that a new law the President signed in January would deny veterans diagnosed with PTSD or other mental health problems their constitutional right of gun ownership. The allegation is false; there is no legislation called the Veterans Disarmament Bill, and there are no validated instances of an otherwise eligible veteran being denied employment because of the the new law, which signed Jan. 7, 2008. A major supporter of H.R. 2640 was the nation's staunchest gun rights advocate, the National Rifle Association, who would have never backed a bill that overly restricted ownership rights. Bottom line: Gun ownership is a Second Amendment right, but exercising that right comes with inherent social responsibilities in a democratic society. If a court of law rules someone as mentally unfit and a danger to him/herself and to others, then the rights of society must outweigh individual rights. The new law is not anti-veteran legislation; it is common sense legislation.
Read the NRA position at: http://www.nraila.org//Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=246
Read a Military.com article at: http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,151321_1,00.html?wh=wh
Read the White House press release at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080108-7.html

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