Disarming America

A Message from our Chairman, Rick Hopkins:

This infuriates me! Every God fearing American should contact their legislators today and demand action be taken to stop this. The very heroes that have risked life and limb and sacrificed beyond belief for the country they loved and believed in are being stripped of the rights they fought for. These are not the rights afforded them by bureaucrats and legislators, these are the God given rights that all men have been graced with which were affirmed by our founding fathers and the authors of our founding documents such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Read them people, study them, understand them, teach them and defend them. When is Enough going to be Enough?

The following is from Red Flag News, the link is at the end. Please take action and let our voices be heard. Rather than supporting our heroes and providing care and assistance, our government has chosen to label them as defective to satisfy a political agenda and deny them their God given rights without due process and no method of recourse. Where is the America they fought for, when will it fight for them?

Rick Hopkins
Chairman, Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association


DISARMING AMERICA'S HEROES: Veterans Receiving Letters Prohibiting The Purchase, Possession, Receipt, Or Transport Of A Firearm Or Ammunition...

February 20, 2013
Written By Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly, J.D.

How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have it is proposing to rule that you are incompetent to handle your own financial affairs? Suppose that letter also stated that the government is going to appoint a stranger to handle your affairs for you at your expense? That would certainly be scary enough but it gets worse.

What if that letter also stated: “A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2).”?

That makes is sound like something right from a documentary on a tyrannical dictatorship somewhere in the world. Yet, as I write this I have a copy of such a letter right in front of me. It is being sent by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of America’s heroes. In my capacity as Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation (USJF) I have been contacted by some of these veterans and the stories I am getting are appalling.

The letter provides no specifics on the reasons for the proposed finding of incompetency; just that is based on a determination by someone in the VA. In every state in the United States no one can be declared incompetent to administer their own affairs without due process of law and that usually requires a judicial hearing with evidence being offered to prove to a judge that the person is indeed incompetent. This is a requirement of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that states that no person shall “… be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law…”.

Obviously, the Department of Veterans Affairs can’t be bothered by such impediments as the Constitution, particularly since they are clearly pushing to fulfill one of Obama’s main goals, the disarming of the American people. Janet Napolitano has already warned law enforcement that some of the most dangerous among us are America’s heroes, our veterans, and now according to this letter from the VA they can be prohibited from buying or even possessing a firearm because of a physical or mental disability.

CONTINUE READING:  http://redflagnews.com/headlines/disarming-americas-heros-veterans-receiving-official-letters-prohibiting-them-from-purchasing-possessing-receiving-or-transporting-a-firearm-or-ammunition