Did the same thing when required all doctors to ask all patients on guns in household. Patients told Drs to get stuffed. Questions were eliminated.
I guess the VA didn’t get the memo. Everytime I have contact with them, there are always 2 questions that I hear.
1. Are you vaxxed against covid?
2. Do own firearms(sometimes they say weapons)?
‘No’. And ‘I don’t say I do or don’t. But, yes, there are knives and a bat in my house.’ Respective answers.
Who would want to live in NY or California?