Wednesday, February 18, 2026

VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights

Article Title: VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights

Article Excerpt: "...Effective immediately, VA will not report Veterans to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System as “prohibited persons” only because they need help from a fiduciary in managing their VA benefits. ...VA recognized that many Veterans had been deprived of their Second Amendment rights without hearings or adequate determinations that they posed a sufficient risk of danger to themselves or others. ..."

Reference Source: va.gov