NSSF Salutes VA Secretary Collins for Protecting Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights

NSSF®,TheFirearmIndustryTradeAssociation,salutesDepartmentofVeteransAffairs(VA)SecretaryDougCollinsforprotectingveterans’SecondAmendmentrightsbyeliminatingthepolicyofreportingveteranswhorequireafiduciarytoassistinfinancialaffairstotheFBI’sNationalInstantCriminalBackgroundCheckSystem(NICS)tobeincludedasaprohibitedpersonforpurchasingorpossessingafirearm. Rollingbackthisthree-decade-oldpolicyhasbeenalongstandingNSSFprioritythatundulyrobbedveteransoftheirSecondAmendmentrightstokeepandbeararms.Needingassistanceorganizingfinancialmattersisnotaprohibitingfactortodenyanyindividualtheabilitytolegallypurchaseorpossessafirearm.Noone—muchlessalaw-abidingveteran—shouldhavetheirabilitytolawfullyacquireafirearmatretaildeniedwithoutdueprocess. “ThisisanotherexampleoftheTrumpadministrationupholdingitspromisetoprotectSec