AMGOA Staff
Pennsylvania


Posts: 1,429

A bill authored by Congressmen Ralph Abraham, M.D., R-La., and Sam Johnson, R-Texas, to defend the Second Amendment rights of Social Security beneficiaries passed the U.S. House of Representatives today, Feb. 2.

The bill, H.J. Res. 40, provided for the Congressional disapproval of a regulation issued in the midnight hours of the Obama administration that would strip thousands of Social Security beneficiaries of their Second Amendment rights.

The regulation 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). Entry into that system would mean those beneficiaries forfeited their rights to possess and purchase firearms.

Dr. Abraham and Rep. Johnson's bill used the Congressional Review Act to rescind the regulation.

"This rule allows for bureaucrats to strip disabled people of their Second Amendment rights without due process. The Constitution applies to all Americans, including disabled Americans, and I'm proud to see my colleagues stand up for them by passing this bill today," Dr. Abraham said.

http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/abraham-bill-to-overturn-obama-gun-regulation-passes-house/648877087