Diane Feinstein Veterans may be mentally ill and should not be able to buy weapons.

[OriginalShroom]

This woman is dumber than a box of rocks.

Feinstein: Veterans May Have PTSD And Should Not Be Exempt From Assault Weapons Ban | RealClearPolitics

At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) opposed an amendment to her Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would allow military veterans to continue to buy the firearms that would be banned. Feinstein says a veteran may be mentally ill and should be prevented from purchasing firearms.



SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN: If I understand this, this adds an exemption of retired military. As I understand our bill, no issue has arose in this regard during the 10 years the expired ban was in effect and what we did in the other bill was exempt possession by the United States or a department or agency of the United States. So that included active military.

The problem with expanding this is that, you know, with the advent of PTSD, which I think is a new phenomenon as a product of the Iraq War, it’s not clear how the seller or transferrer of a firearm covered by this bill would verify that an individual was a member, or a veteran, and that there was no impairment of that individual with respect to having a weapon like this.

So, you know, I would be happy to sit down with you again and see if we could work something out but I think we have to-- if you’re going to do this, find a way that veterans who are incapacitated for one reason or another mentally don’t have access to this kind of weapon.

PTSD is just a new name for a condition as old was war itself. It has been referred to as "Battle Fatigue", "Shell Shock", "Soldier's Heart", "Seeing the Elephant", and many others.

It's nothing new.

 

[Crackerjaxon]

People fear the competent.

 

[Ernie S.]

I think the risk of veterans with guns is nothing in comparison to allowing this senile bitch a voting seat in the United States Senate.
Dianne! You are 79 years old. Give it up already.