Showing posts with label National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Show all posts

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