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Started by Jessica_Rose, February 21, 2026, 12:29:44 PM

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VA ends gun reporting rule affecting veterans

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/va-ends-gun-reporting-rule-affecting-veterans/ar-AA1WO1Xe?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=b5fc8f9c44c743fcc196d7e0ec548aec&ei=244 🔗 [Link: msn.com/en-​us/news/us/va-​ends-​gun-​reporting-​rule-​affecting-​veterans/ar-​AA1WO1Xe/]

Maryann Pugh (21 Feb 2026)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veterans who receive help managing their VA benefits will no longer be automatically reported to the federal gun background check system, a move the Department of Veterans Affairs says restores Second Amendment rights to thousands of former service members.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Tuesday that it will immediately stop reporting veterans to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, solely because they participate in the VA Fiduciary Program.

NICS is the federal database used during firearm background checks to determine whether someone is legally prohibited from purchasing or possessing a gun.

The VA Fiduciary Program assigns a fiduciary — a person authorized to manage VA benefits — when the agency determines a veteran needs assistance handling financial matters.

Under the prior policy, veterans placed in the program were reported to NICS as "prohibited persons," which can block firearm purchases.

After what the agency described as a thorough review conducted in consultation with the Department of Justice, VA determined that the practice did not meet the legal standard required under federal law.

According to the department, the Gun Control Act requires a decision by a judicial or quasi-judicial body before someone can be reported to NICS as prohibited from possessing firearms.

VA officials concluded that a determination that a veteran needs help managing benefits "falls far short of this legal standard."

The agency described the change as correcting "a three-decade-old wrong that deprived many thousands of Veterans in VA's Fiduciary Program of their constitutional right to own a firearm without a legal basis."
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