The Senate voted in favor of an amendment introduced by Sen. John Kennedy that protects veterans' Second Amendment rights when the VA steps in to manage their financial benefits.
The Senate passed an amendment introduced by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that protects veterans' Second Amendment rights if the Department of Veterans Affairs steps in to manage their financial benefits. The Senate voted 53 to 45 Wednesday in approval of the amendment. 'Veterans who sacrificed to defend our Constitution shouldn’t see their own rights rest on the judgment of unelected bureaucrats—but right now, they do,' Kennedy told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs reports a veteran's name to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System when they seek help managing their finances in a conservatorship. 'If a veteran who defended this country has to go to the VA and ask for help managing his or her financial affairs, the VA automatically reports that veteran to the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System . . .
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