Posted on Jan 7, 2016
If I own guns and have PTSD will my ownership rights be effected by Obama's new executive order?
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I am trying this question without attachments and rewording the thread as Admin says I violated their rules. I thought we had a great discussion started and would like to continue it with a different question on the same subject.
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you think 22 suicides a day is a high number now, just wait until members stop asking for help with PTSD just so they can stay off of these lists.
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I can't help but feel that this is a very real and valid concern on the part of Vets suffering from PTSD or other forms of mental trauma resulting from any combat. There is no strict objective-type guideline on any level, (that I know of) which sets forth the mental or psychological criteria or procedures, civil, legal, or judicial for declaring someone unable to purchase a firearm.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
Capt Tom Brown Sir, I've got a couple vet friends who got the symptoms of PTSD and they believe they do have it, but will not go into get it checked because they don't want it associated with their names. I also believe many will go that route
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SGM Mikel Dawson - It is too late for the many thousands who have been extensively documented by the government as being diagnosed with PTSD. The medical questioning about weapons ownership and storage began months ago.
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MSG William Wold
I've had a physical with VA two months ago and no question came up about gun ownership.
I grew up in a rural community, the 60's early 70's they had a gunsmith class in High School, they taught the hunter safety course in Junior High in the classroom. I was on a shooting team in high school, I shot expert.
My last Reserve unit, I could take an M-16 apart, clean it totally blindfolded, put it back together.
I was supposed to inherit a 30-30 carbine and a shot gun from my grandfather, they were never found till after my father died 4 years ago. Apparently my dad had forgot he put them in the attic crawl space in the 80's to prevent them from being stolen, but merely wrapped them in plastic wrap then forgot he did. After my dad passed on my sister gets the house, a leak in the bedroom came thru, and when they went in the attic to find the leak they find these. But they were so decayed and rusty they were not salvageable. At my divorce 15 years ago what I did have had to be turned in during the procedure because a restraining order was filed, and never got them back, they were "lost", or mis placed..
SO now to get another gun I have to go thru all these hoops, and be subject to all kinds of stuff, especially having 34 years of being associated with the military is going to raise flags and having some compensation from VA.. We shall see soon..
I grew up in a rural community, the 60's early 70's they had a gunsmith class in High School, they taught the hunter safety course in Junior High in the classroom. I was on a shooting team in high school, I shot expert.
My last Reserve unit, I could take an M-16 apart, clean it totally blindfolded, put it back together.
I was supposed to inherit a 30-30 carbine and a shot gun from my grandfather, they were never found till after my father died 4 years ago. Apparently my dad had forgot he put them in the attic crawl space in the 80's to prevent them from being stolen, but merely wrapped them in plastic wrap then forgot he did. After my dad passed on my sister gets the house, a leak in the bedroom came thru, and when they went in the attic to find the leak they find these. But they were so decayed and rusty they were not salvageable. At my divorce 15 years ago what I did have had to be turned in during the procedure because a restraining order was filed, and never got them back, they were "lost", or mis placed..
SO now to get another gun I have to go thru all these hoops, and be subject to all kinds of stuff, especially having 34 years of being associated with the military is going to raise flags and having some compensation from VA.. We shall see soon..
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I hope not SGM Mikel Dawson. You should be able to keep the weapons you own. His ficus seems to be on purchasing weapons - at least that is what he and his allies are saying.
POTUS can only do so much by himself. Congress needs to fund his executive action in order for it to be effective.
POTUS can only do so much by himself. Congress needs to fund his executive action in order for it to be effective.
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LTC Stephen F.
PO2 Jeffery Marcussen Sr - Do you know which states that occurred in?
It seems strange for VA to be the one collecting guns I would expect ATF to be involved in that and using local police or sheriffs to do the dirty work.
It seems strange for VA to be the one collecting guns I would expect ATF to be involved in that and using local police or sheriffs to do the dirty work.
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PO2 Jeffery Marcussen Sr
LTC Stephen F. - yes sir i'm positive i saw an article somewhere not sure where now it was a few months back. but it was people from the va now where they thought they had the authority to do so is beyond me. in one case the county sheriff chased them off and told them to come back with a court order and the authority to do so. which they did not do because he was not bothered again. but as high handed as some va personnel are i would not doubt that they have not done so with someone not knowing the law.
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