NICS has VA medical records - new news, or old?
Sun May 03, 2015 10:16 am
Patrick Howley of the Daily Caller wrote:. . . mental health information collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is being transferred to the FBI so patients can be added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) list of individuals restricted from owning or possessing guns.
Re: NICS has VA medical records - new news, or old?
Sun May 03, 2015 10:49 am
Great... 
So now the Government can auto enroll all discharges to the VA, and the VA can lay out a blanket diagnosis that all overseas deployments could have caused PTSD so all vets get to be screened...over a course of 6, 12, and 18 months....or longer.
"Oh sorry! No guns for you..you are listed as a mental health risk."
"But that's a screening, not a you have PTSD."
"Sorry, the VA says its PTSD until you show its not."
Big Brother to the rescue!
Doesn't that violate HIPAA in some way?
So now the Government can auto enroll all discharges to the VA, and the VA can lay out a blanket diagnosis that all overseas deployments could have caused PTSD so all vets get to be screened...over a course of 6, 12, and 18 months....or longer.
"Oh sorry! No guns for you..you are listed as a mental health risk."
"But that's a screening, not a you have PTSD."
"Sorry, the VA says its PTSD until you show its not."
Big Brother to the rescue!
Doesn't that violate HIPAA in some way?
Re: NICS has VA medical records - new news, or old?
Sun May 03, 2015 10:56 am
I saw the same article, but was unsure of the sources. It will be interesting to see what others think.