02-17-2017, 05:37 PM
You win some, you lose some...
Earlier this week, Congress voted to toss the regulation requiring the Social Security Administration to report those SS recipients who'd been deemed mentally incompetent to NICS. So, now, such recipients won't be flagged as mentally unfit to purchase firearms in the national background checking system. + 1 for the NRA.
Story: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017...-gun-rule/
Today, a federal appeals court overturned the ruling by a Florida court which forbade doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership under the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act. The Atlanta-based appeals court, which includes a judge who was on Trump's short list for Supreme Court Justice, ruled that the NRA-driven prohibition is unconstitutional in that it violated the freedom of speech of physicians and was unwarranted. The ruling, however, stipulated that doctors are still prohibited from discriminating or withholding treatment from patients based on firearm-related issues. -1 for the NRA.
Story: https://www.wsj.com/articles/doctors-hav...1487285509
Earlier this week, Congress voted to toss the regulation requiring the Social Security Administration to report those SS recipients who'd been deemed mentally incompetent to NICS. So, now, such recipients won't be flagged as mentally unfit to purchase firearms in the national background checking system. + 1 for the NRA.
Story: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017...-gun-rule/
Today, a federal appeals court overturned the ruling by a Florida court which forbade doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership under the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act. The Atlanta-based appeals court, which includes a judge who was on Trump's short list for Supreme Court Justice, ruled that the NRA-driven prohibition is unconstitutional in that it violated the freedom of speech of physicians and was unwarranted. The ruling, however, stipulated that doctors are still prohibited from discriminating or withholding treatment from patients based on firearm-related issues. -1 for the NRA.
Story: https://www.wsj.com/articles/doctors-hav...1487285509