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Gun Rights Are Being Taken Away From Veterans in Bureaucratic Overreach, Republicans Claim

Veterans have to choose between seeking financial help and owning a gun, critics claim.

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A firing range. AP/Rich Pedroncelli
LUKE FUNK
LUKE FUNK

Congressional Republicans want to end a policy they say makes thousands of veterans choose between financial help and their Second Amendment rights.

The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act would block the Department of Veterans Affairs from sending any information about veterans seeking help with or managing their financial benefits to the Department of Justice to be added to databases used for criminal background checks.

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LUKE FUNK
LUKE FUNK

Mr. Funk was the managing editor of Pleroma Media, and worked as a breaking news reporter at The Messenger after spending 25 years at Fox Television as a producer, executive producer, and digital content director.

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