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n5wd wrote:

Medic624 wrote: It's the ppl who are not in direct Pt care that make the decisions as tomwhat will and won't be done for the patient...

Hey, I can introduce you to a few civilian insurance types that fit that bill, as well.

True... But it has been being a patient and my experience with 20 years between prehospital as a PM and in hospital as a RN in the ER and ICU that the VA has it hands down... Maybe my experiences are isolated cases but I'm thinking not.

n5wd wrote:

v-rog wrote:Well aware of my health situation due to two combat deployments, my VA and civilian doc went out of their way to help me attain my Chl. I must be one of the lucky ones.

I've never been to the VA as a patient, but I have carried a lot of patients to the VA facilities in Fort Worth and Dallas, and I never met anyone there, physician, nurse, med tech, etc, who didn't seem like they weren't interested in doing the best job for the patient that they could. Granted, some of the facilities weren't the most modern, but the people staffing them seemed to be top notch.

As a Paramedic I have also taken ppl to the VA and been a Pt at the VA and it's not all that bad but what makes it horrible is the back log and bureaucracy that impedes the care and service provided to the veterans. It's the ppl who are not in direct Pt care that make the decisions as tomwhat will and won't be done for the patient...

puma guy wrote:

Medic624 wrote:"Sept 9 2011 the US Hoise Veterans Affairs Committee passed an amendment The Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act which was added to H.R. 2349"
American Rifleman- December 2011 pg. 71

This provides Vets with the added protection against the loss of the right to possess firearms due to mental health decisions...

Do you think that will stop them?

Well, if you are referring to the Govt. from infringing on individual 2nd Amendment rights... Well, I can't say one way or the other... I was simply providing additional information in response to the OP. I can't give an informed answer to your question without a pretty large supposition because I don't know directly if it would or not.

Would I place money that they wouldn't? Probably not...but at least someone saw this as a possible issue and made an attempt to keep their individual rights intact...

"Sept 9 2011 the US Hoise Veterans Affairs Committee passed an amendment The Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act which was added to H.R. 2349"
American Rifleman- December 2011 pg. 71

This provides Vets with the added protection against the loss of the right to possess firearms due to mental health decisions...