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Peter1469
04-18-2016, 06:35 PM
RAND PAUL BILL WOULD BLOCK FEDS FROM UNILATERALLY DISARMING VETERANS, SENIOR (http://www.christianpatriots.org/news/2016/4/17/rand-paul-bill-would-block-feds-from-unilaterally-disarming-veterans-seniors)S

Rand Paul is a patriot. The bill would require adjudication before 2nd Amendment rights were stripped from citizens. A particular concern among veterans and senior citizens.


The Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act would require veterans and seniors be “adjudicated” as mentally incompetent before their names can be added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

“Adjudication requires findings by a judicial officer or court, and the individual receives notice to participate with counsel,” explains a press release (https://randpaul.com/news/sen-rand-paul-introduces-new-legislation-to-protect-gun-owners-rights)from Paul’s office.

Under the new bill, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Social Security Administrator would within 90 days need to remove names from the NICS list that were added without those people being adjudicated.

In other words, the bill would require the agencies to wait for due process to take place before they can restrict one’s Second Amendment rights.

“I refuse to stand idly by while the Obama administration unilaterally strips away gun rights from our nation’s veterans and seniors,” Sen. Paul wrote. “The Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act will provide necessary protection for gun-owning Americans, and ultimately ensure that the Second Amendment is not infringed upon.”

Additionally the bill would mandate the Attorney General conduct yearly reviews of the names in the NICS database to ensure that their due process rights were upheld, with those who were not adjudicated having their rights restored.

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