Always have to check your sources. I have a copy of the letter now, and if you want a copy of it all you have to do is email the gentlemen in question and he’ll send it to you, but he asked that I not post it here.
Thanks, ducttape45. I guess this practice has been around for a while. From
Veterans' gun rights a sticky issue in defense bill>
The number of veterans directly affected by the VA's policy doesn't appear to very large. Only 185 out of some 127,000 veterans added to the gun-check registry since 1998 have sought to have their names taken off, according to data that the VA shared with lawmakers during a hearing last June.
If you read comment 9 associated with the article in the thread, it sounds like deeming a vet incompetent may not have anything to do with being mentally incompetent, AND that it might not be that easy to get off their list.
Overall, this is very disturbing that the VA has this kind of power without having to go to court to prove their case, and to do so by a bureaucrat who doesn't have a clue about the patient.