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.
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Bush #1, Clinton, Bush #2, Obama (and plethora of other constitutional assassins) are using everything, every law real or imagined to disarm the returning veteran. Doing all this while concurrently passing a myriad of unconstitutional laws (including state constitutions) to disarm the general public. The citizens must be disarmed, before surf/slave status can be bestowed upon the once free peoples.
ReplyDeleteTime, is not our friend!
Time, is not our friend!
DeleteBut our weapons are.
Clean, well oiled friends! :-)
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Delete16 years out and I got a package about healthcare coverage through the VA. I figure it's to screen my and put me on that kind of list. I told my dad - he retired after 30 years and 9 months, he wondered since I was not a retiree. I will nit send it in. I don't trust the VA and don't like the way benefits are awarded- as in litmus test. I am half deaf and refuse to have to pay for hearing aides for a service connected injury. I have seen minorities milk the system- it's worse than in the civilian world.
ReplyDeletehe wondered since I was not a retiree.
DeleteThat is strange unless it's just another Obama attempt to bankrupt us.
Anonymous with the bad ears....
DeleteIs your hearing loss service-connected ? The VA has rated me 20% disabled for hearing. They provide me state of the art hearing aids and the folks manning my VA audiology clinic are the best !
Your rant bad-mouthing the VA tells me you're not service-connected or your just a dumbass. It is your kind of disinformation that foments undeserved animosities.
I'm calling your comments BULLSHIT !!! What say you anonymous with the bad ears ?
BULLSHIT !
DAN III
Dan,
ReplyDeleteI served '92-97 active, '98-'02 reserves injury happened '95. Blown eardrum felt like a pair of pliers ripped out my eardrum followed by a loud screech. It took me 2 days to get it seen. Military testing said hearing was normal civilian testing showed loss. As far as the VA I was a medic and new the system and has a friend with documented injuries from when he was a chopper pilot in Vietnam - I told him what he needed to do to get some shrapnel removed by the VA in DFW area - he left the surgery without his balls. Since you have kudos for the VA can you see that he gets his balls back. I felt damn bad after he told me - he did state the VA fixed the problem they gave him a penis pump. I can live with the loss of hearing others have suffered more - had a close friend that lost both legs In Afganistan - we served together.
Joe (Ex-91B) out
I blew my left eardrum scuba diving while chasing a huge California Sheephead without properly clearing. Biggest I ever shot was under 20, but reportedly they went over 40 pounds some years ago and they still have them in the thirties. I have my good and bad VA stories also.
DeleteJoe 91B....I know for a fact that if you have documented proof of hearing loss via US military service, you can secure VA disability at a minimum of 0%.
DeleteThis blog is not the venue for arguing the merits of the VA. But I will tell you to contact American Legion and/or the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). They will petition the VA on your behalf for disability. Both have offices at VAMCs across the land. Their services are free. I would encourage you to become a member of one.
Be aware action by VA on an established claim is 4-6 months. A new claim is 22-24 months.
In the meantime I stand by my last word to you in the previous commentary....BULLSHIT !
Brock,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your service.
Joe Ex 91B
Thanks, but frankly, I just had a good time. 91A and 91B, can't remember the difference, but artillery.
DeleteIn'62 I went to Asheville and stayed with my dad at the Oteen VA hospital as the doctors from Duke University hospital removed a cancerous kidney. In about '73 the same people took out his bladder there. And in '94 I signed him up for the opening of the Veteran's Nursing Home there. He had been in their hospice for three weeks in September 1994, when I visited him on my way West on September 29. He was due to move into the new Nursing Home on October 1 but he had a heart attack on the 30th while my sister was with him and passed away fairly peacefully.
ReplyDeleteHaving had dad in the big well-known hospitals in Asheville several times, and Columbia University hospital twice, I have still said for fifty years that I did not think he could have received better care anywhere than he had at Oteen NC VA.
I'm happy he did.
DeleteMy bad experiences.
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Mr. Smith....I have had great service by my local VAMC. Staff addresses all veterans as "Sir" or "Mr". I never get any "yeah"s, "uh-huh"s, or other unintelligble remarks. I do have some low-life .gov employees at my local VAMC. But a complaint to the Patient Advocate's office gets them squared away quickly.
DeleteI stand by my remarks of quality service by the VA.