This week, the VA announced it will no longer report veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) simply because they were assigned a fiduciary to help manage their finances.
Even more significant, the agency is now working with the FBI to remove the names of veterans who were previously reported under that policy.
For decades, veterans who sought assistance managing their VA benefits could find themselves flagged in the federal gun ban registry — not because they committed a crime, not because a court deemed them dangerous, but because a bureaucrat decided they needed financial help.
That administrative decision triggered the loss of their Second Amendment rights.
No judge.
No jury.
No due process.
Gun owners correctly saw it for what it was: a backdoor “red flag” gun confiscation scheme targeting the very Americans who served this country in uniform.
The federal government didn’t call it confiscation. They called it “reporting.”
That exact abuse of power is why Texas Gun Rights led the fight to ban red flag gun confiscation laws in Texas.
The effort was first championed by State Rep. Briscoe Cain and ultimately passed into law last year as SB 1362, carried by Sen. Brian Hughes and Rep. Cole Hefner.
That law ensures Texas will not participate in or enforce red flag-style gun confiscation schemes that bypass due process protections.
Texas drew a line.
And it was the right one.
“This VA policy was proof that red flag laws aren’t about safety — they’re about control,” said Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights. “If the federal government can disarm a veteran because of paperwork, they can disarm anyone. That’s why we banned red flag gun confiscation in Texas — and we’ll fight like hell to make sure it never comes back.”
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