https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-v**ed-let-vets-mental-205000099.html

Robert Card, an Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of k*****g at least 18 people at multiple locations in Maine on Wednesday.

Hours before the rampage, the Senate v**ed 53-45 to adopt an amendment making it easier for veterans with mental disabilities to get guns. The Department of Veteran Affairs is currently required to send the names of veterans who need assistance managing their benefits to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The amendment adopted on Wednesday, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), overturns this requirement. “My amendment would prevent government workers from unduly stripping veterans of their right to bear arms,” Kennedy said. “Every veteran who bravely serves our country has earned VA benefits, and it’s wrong for the government to punish veterans who get a helping hand to manage those resources.”

Five senators who caucus with Democrats — three Democrats and two Independents, all up for ree******n in 2024 — v**ed with Republicans to adopt the amendment. “It is not right that a D.C. bureaucrat at VA could take away a veterans’ legal right to their firearms simply because they needed assistance managing their finances,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mt.).

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-v**ed-let-vets-mental-205000099.html

Robert Card, an Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of k*****g at least 18 people at multiple locations in Maine on Wednesday.

Hours before the rampage, the Senate v**ed 53-45 to adopt an amendment making it easier for veterans with mental disabilities to get guns. The Department of Veteran Affairs is currently required to send the names of veterans who need assistance managing their benefits to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The amendment adopted on Wednesday, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), overturns this requirement. “My amendment would prevent government workers from unduly stripping veterans of their right to bear arms,” Kennedy said. “Every veteran who bravely serves our country has earned VA benefits, and it’s wrong for the government to punish veterans who get a helping hand to manage those resources.”

Five senators who caucus with Democrats — three Democrats and two Independents, all up for ree******n in 2024 — v**ed with Republicans to adopt the amendment. “It is not right that a D.C. bureaucrat at VA could take away a veterans’ legal right to their firearms simply because they needed assistance managing their finances,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mt.).

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-v**ed-let-vets-mental-205000099.html

Robert Card, an Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of k*****g at least 18 people at multiple locations in Maine on Wednesday.

Hours before the rampage, the Senate v**ed 53-45 to adopt an amendment making it easier for veterans with mental disabilities to get guns. The Department of Veteran Affairs is currently required to send the names of veterans who need assistance managing their benefits to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The amendment adopted on Wednesday, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), overturns this requirement. “My amendment would prevent government workers from unduly stripping veterans of their right to bear arms,” Kennedy said. “Every veteran who bravely serves our country has earned VA benefits, and it’s wrong for the government to punish veterans who get a helping hand to manage those resources.”

Five senators who caucus with Democrats — three Democrats and two Independents, all up for ree******n in 2024 — v**ed with Republicans to adopt the amendment. “It is not right that a D.C. bureaucrat at VA could take away a veterans’ legal right to their firearms simply because they needed assistance managing their finances,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mt.).