Veterans forced to prove they’re worthy of gun rights

Veterans forced to prove they’re worthy of gun rights:

...when hundreds, perhaps thousands, of veterans began receiving letters like the one dispatched from the Portland, Ore., office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, alarm bells went off. WND reported only days ago that a veteran in Oregon received a letter informing him of “a report from Portland VA Medical Center on December 3, 2012.” Evidence already in The letter warned the vet that “evidence indicates that you are not able to handle your VA benefit payments because of a physical or mental condition.” “We propose to rate you incompetent for VA purposes. This means we must decide if you are able to handle your VA benefit payments. We will base our decision on all the evidence we already have including any other evidence you sent to us.” Completion of the incompetency determination would mean a “fiduciary” would be appointed to manage the veteran’s payments. The VA also warned: “A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both.”   [emphasis added]  The letter then offered the veteran an opportunity to “request a personal hearing within 30 days from the date at the top of this letter to present evidence or  argument on any important point in your claim.”

I only occasionally read World Net Daily news articles; they're almost invariably easily verifiable, but often  titillating.  So when I read something like this, which suggests that the Federal government is deliberately undermining the Second Amendment rights of veterans, I am inclined to take it with a grain of salt.

Which is to say .. I'm not sure whether I believe it or not. Is it true, or is it "The Big Lie"?

The article presents PDF-style images which purport to be the actually documents which at least one veteran has received from the Federal Government.

Again, I'll reserve judgement until I can follow up on the story.

I only present it here because .. if it's true .. then it's not just a tiny little blip on the horizon, but A Very BIG story.

I'll get back to you on this.