Posted on 11/30/2009 5:47:37 AM PST by marktwain
The Baltimore Sun lambasted Sen. Richard Burr's (R-NC) proposed S. 669 -- Veterans' Second Amendment Protection Act -- in an editorial called "Guns and the mentally ill" published on Nov. 16.
The next day, it was forced to post a retraction. Actually, the paper's editorialists didn't write the retraction, Burr did in a blistering point-by-point rebuke that, essentially, exposed The Sun's opinion-mongers' as being heavy on the opinion, but light on the facts.
"Just as the public expects elected officials to read the text of bills before they pass judgment on them, your editorial board should do the same. Yet it is clear that you did not read S. 669, the 'Veterans' Second Amendment Protection Act,' before you published your editorial 'Guns and the mentally ill,'" Burr wrote.
Here's the text of the bill in its entirety: "In any case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of laws and benefits under this title, a person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness shall not be considered adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18 without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others."
Burr continued: "Nothing in my bill exempts veterans from the Brady Act, nor does it seek to provide guns to the mentally ill. Rather, it requires a judicial process to be used as a condition for satisfying the Brady requirements. Veterans -- those who fought in defense of our freedoms -- are the only recipients of federal benefits who are automatically deprived of a constitutional right solely because they've been appointed a fiduciary, regardless of the reason."
(Excerpt) Read more at outdoorlife.com ...
This is true. My Father is a veteran who gets benefits through a fiduciary, and the paperwork made it clear that this means he can no longer own a firearm. It’s a moot point in his case, as he really couldn’t use a gun any more. I’m sure there are many veterans who either have a fiduciary or who received PTSD care who are fully competent to use a gun yet are being denied their rights.
State: Maryland (MD)
Baltimore City Population: 644,554
Murder: 270 (5.48 X the National Average)
Forcible Rape: 204 (.87 X the National Average)
Robbery: 4,339 (3.08 X the National Average)
Aggravated Assault: 6,370 (2.73 X the National Average)
Burglary: 7,789
Larceny or Theft: 22,824
Car Theft: 6,857
Arson: 485
All violent Crime: (2.90 X the National Average)
Source: http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Baltimore&state=MD
shall not be infringed...
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Maryland “Freak State” PING!
You can see how well gun laws (for years) have worked in Baltimore. Sure does keep down the violence.
http://www.marylandshallissue.org/
Ping that to your list. Let’s make shall issue CCW a reality in our defunked state.
Ping to #7.
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