Dianne Feinstein Says It: Veterans Shouldn’t Automatically Be Allowed To Have Guns; Could Have PTSD

[Tx4obama]

Dianne Feinstein Says It: Veterans Shouldn’t Automatically Be Allowed To Have Guns; Could Have PTSD

The California senator is coming under fire from the right for saying what needs to be said: We should not automatically except veterans from the assault weapons ban. She ”opposed an amendment to her Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would allow military veterans to continue to buy the firearms that would be banned. Feinstein says a veteran may be mentally ill and should be prevented from purchasing firearms.” She says:

If I understand this, this adds an exemption of retired military. As I understand our bill, no issue has arose in this regard during the 10 years the expired ban was in effect and what we did in the other bill was exempt possession by the United States or a department or agency of the United States. So that included active military.

The problem with expanding this is that, you know, with the advent of PTSD, which I think is a new phenomenon as a product of the Iraq War, it’s not clear how the seller or transferrer of a firearm covered by this bill would verify that an individual was a member, or a veteran, and that there was no impairment of that individual with respect to having a weapon like this.

So, you know, I would be happy to sit down with you again and see if we could work something out but I think we have to– if you’re going to do this, find a way that veterans who are incapacitated for one reason or another mentally don’t have access to this kind of weapon.

http://www.alan.com/2013/03/08/dianne-feinstein-says-it-veterans-shouldnt-automatically-be-allowed-to-have-guns-could-have-ptsd/

Related VIDEO here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/03/08/feinstein_veterans_may_have_ptsd_and_should_not_be_exempt_from_assault_weapons_ban.html

[Awknid]

1. Thank goodness!

I cannot agree more. This is why we need women in charge!,

[bluedigger]

2. This veteran agrees.

[bunnies]

3. What about active members of military with PTSD?

[dsc]

7. that would seem to be up to the military to take care of

Medically unfit people shouldn't be in the military unless that medically unfit person is only temporarily so. During the course of treatment, they should be disarmed.

[Fresh_Start]

4. Unless we want to see more veterans committing suicide

(and there are already way too many)...the issue needs to be raised and addressed

[Downwinder]

5. I'm a veteran. As I said on another thread:

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I don't see double, I see quadruple.
Who wants to give me a gun?

[Sunlei]

6. I read somewhere many returning Vets are not allowed to have weapons.

thought it was something to do with the stress disorder thousands have and the suicide problems