ANOTHER FED ATTACK ON VETERANS
MichaelConnelly.Jogsy.com
For
months we at the United States Justice Foundation
(USJF) have been involved in a protracted battle
with four federal agencies over FOIA requests that
we made regarding the denial of Second and Fifth
Amendment rights to American veterans. At the time
we made the requests we knew there were four federal
agencies involved in the effort to disarm America’s
heroes; the VA, the FBI, the DOD, and DHS. Three of
the agencies basically refused to give us the
information we asked for.
The
exception was the FBI, which sent us a copy of the
memorandum of agreement between the FBI and the VA
that we had already obtained when we won a suit
against the VA and it was forced to give it to us.
The memo was appalling because it basically involved
the FBI agreeing that it would classify all veterans
declared incompetent to handle their own financial
affairs to be mentally defective to the point of
being a danger to themselves or others.
The
veterans would then be placed on the NICS list under
the category of persons adjudicated to be mentally
defective and prohibited from purchasing firearms.
The agreement proves that this is being done without
adjudication or even in most cases an examination or
diagnosis by a physician. In other words, it is a
calculated effort by government agencies to deny due
process to veterans and disarm them.
Then
several weeks ago we were stunned to receive a
response to our FOIA requests from a fifth federal
agency that we had not sent a request to, the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(BATF). The agency said that the FBI sent seven
pages of documents to the BATF to determine if they
should be turned over to us. The BATF informed us
that we could not see any of the documents.
The
excuse given for this refusal was that the documents
involved “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums
or letters”. No other relevant information is given.
So now we know that there is another federal agency
conspiring with the FBI and possibly the VA and
other agencies to deny veterans there Second
Amendment rights. Yet, we don’t know what this
collusion involves, or even what these documents
relate to. We are preparing an appeal to try and
force delivery of the documents to us.
So,
think about this we have Islamic terrorists running
amok around the world and threatening Americans here
and abroad, veterans dying because they can’t get
medical care from the VA, and foreign criminals
coming freely over our southern border and murdering
American citizens. The Obama response to all of this
is to have five major federal agencies that should
be protecting Americans and taking care of our
veterans devoting their resources to disarming
veterans. Doesn’t that make you feel safer? It
doesn’t do much for me.
Of
course, there is the fact that all of this violates
the Constitution of the United States. But that is
all irrelevant to Obama and the agencies involved.
The attack on veterans continues, as does our fight
to protect them.
mrobertc@hotmail.com
Michael Connelly blog
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