Gun Rights and SSA Beneficiaries with Mental Disablities
Lee Ann Torrans2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00A regulation which required that the Social Security Administration automatically report any beneficiary who receives assistance managing their finances due to a mental disability to the FBI to be entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is set to be rescinded. These beneficiaries would have forfeited their rights to possess and purchase firearms. Those persons with classified with mental disabilities and drawing Social Security benefits would have been entered into the NICS. "Reporting law-abiding, non-dangerous individuals to NICS and forcing them, as a condition of removal, to provide they are not a threat to society is inconsistent with [...]