{"id":231800,"date":"2026-02-19T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=231800"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:17:04","slug":"va-ends-nics-flag-on-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/va-ends-nics-flag-on-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Ends NICS Flag on Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what many in the firearms community are calling a major Second Amendment victory, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is applauding VA Secretary Doug Collins for eliminating a decades-old policy that automatically reported certain veterans to the FBI\u2019s background check system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VA Ends Automatic NICS Reporting for Veterans | 200,000 Affected\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHeCAoyrCbA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly 30 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs reported veterans who required a fiduciary to help manage financial affairs to the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That reporting effectively categorized them as \u201cprohibited persons,\u201d blocking them from legally purchasing or possessing firearms, without a court finding that they were a danger to themselves or others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That practice is now over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Collins, working alongside U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Justice officials, rescinded the policy, ending what critics long described as an extrajudicial deprivation of constitutional rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"va-ends-nics-flag-on-veterans\" title=\"VA Ends NICS Flag on Veterans\">NSSF<\/a> had made reversing the policy a longstanding priority, arguing that needing help with financial paperwork is not \u2014 and never should be \u2014 a prohibiting factor under federal firearms law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-cimarron-model-3-american-top-break-reviewed\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cimarron-model-3-american-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"va-ends-nics-flag-on-veterans\" title=\"VA Ends NICS Flag on Veterans\">Cimarron Model 3 American Top Break Reviewed<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is another example of the Trump administration upholding its promise to protect Second Amendment rights and the industry that makes those rights possible,\u201d said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President &amp; General Counsel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to praise Secretary Collins for not only ending the practice but restoring rights to veterans who had been flagged in NICS solely due to fiduciary status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core issue, according to NSSF, is due process. Under the Gun Control Act, individuals can be prohibited from firearm possession if adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution. But VA fiduciary determinations are administrative decisions (not judicial rulings) and do not automatically equate to dangerousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ending the policy brings the process back in line with constitutional standards, supporters argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF is also urging Congress to codify these protections through the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the House, Mike Bost and Morgan Luttrell introduced H.R. 1041. In the Senate, John Kennedy and Jerry Moran introduced S. 478. The legislation would require a judge (not a bureaucrat) to determine that a veteran poses a danger before stripping their firearm rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many in the 2A community, this move isn\u2019t just policy cleanup. 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