Petraeus And McChrystal Continue To Dishonor Veterans With Gun Control
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 9 months ago
A coalition of retired admirals and generals, including former CIA director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, are protesting “irresponsible and dangerous” legislation they say would put mentally ill veterans in harm’s way by giving them easy access to firearms.
The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act would prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs from reporting veterans’ records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System after they’ve been deemed incapable of managing their financial affairs because of a disabling mental disorder. The bill would prohibit the VA from considering such veterans “mentally defective” without a magistrate or judicial authority ruling that the beneficiary is a danger to himself or herself or others.
In a Tuesday letter, members of the Veterans Coalition for Common Sense urged House and Senate leaders to oppose the bill. The House is expected to take it up on Thursday.
“The bill you are debating comes at a time when an average of 20 veterans commit suicide each day, two-thirds of whom do so by using a firearm. We know that non-deployed veterans are at a 61 percent higher risk of suicide compared to the American civilian population, and deployed veterans are at a 41 percent higher risk,” they wrote. “When vulnerable veterans have access to firearms, they can do harm not only to themselves but also to family members and loved ones. The impact of these tragedies is felt in communities across our nation.”
Petraeus, who is an adulterer, and McChrystal who is a murderer of the men at Ganjgal, along with losers Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli and others, want to report veterans to the NICS. To link this up to causation, they use having someone else do finances as a trigger. Just like the elderly who want someone to assist with finances, veterans cannot have their mother or wife assist with finances while they attend college classes for fear of loss of gun ownership rights.
Forget repairing the dysfunctional Veterans Administration, giving better health care, or any one of a myriad of things that would seriously help veterans. No, take their guns away from them. This is a disgusting and un-American display of total abandonment for the purpose of driving a political agenda. This gun control agenda has been pressed by both Petraeus and McChrystal in form, fit and function completely different than the context here with veterans. Veterans are being used by McChrystal and this group. So much for their love of country or men with whom they served.
It’s sad, and if you’re a veteran, you need to (a) dissociate yourself from such terrible men, and (b) be very careful what you say to the VA or anyone else for that matter. The very men who the country should be honoring are on the chopping block for loss of rights.
Prior:
David Petraeus And Stanley McChrystal Lead The Charge On Gun Control
On March 15, 2017 at 7:28 am, Fred said:
NRA action alert on this issue:
https://act.nraila.org/takeaction.aspx?AlertID=1547
Thought GOA had one as well but can’t find it.
On March 15, 2017 at 8:06 am, FrankInFL said:
And while we’re focused on reducing veteran deaths, let’s not forget the #1 most effective method: have fewer veterans to start with by having fewer discretionary “wars”.
On March 17, 2017 at 7:12 am, DAN III said:
They’re both flag officers. Political hacks. Not to be trusted.
On March 17, 2017 at 3:50 pm, Pat Hines said:
Those two were involved with many “questionable” activities in their command roles. By that I mean huge thefts and misappropriation of funds. Millions of dollars went missing.