February 25, 2026
Veterans who are gun owners will want to hear this one. VA Secretary Doug Collins started a new policy up last week. Collins says from now on, the VA will not report Veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System for needing help in managing their VA benefits. The VA Secretary says there was actually a 1990’s law banning vets from owning guns, if they asked for advice on money from the VA’s Fiduciary Program. VA Secretary Collins also says, both the D.O.J. and the VA determined this old law violated gun owners rights. Also, in addition to immediately stopping the reporting of VA Fiduciary Program participants to the NICS database, the VA is working with the FBI to remove all past VA reporting from NICS, so that no Veterans are banned from having guns, because they used the VA’s Fiduciary Program.
“Many Americans struggle with managing their finances, and Veterans’ Second Amendment rights shouldn’t be stripped just because they need help in this area. But for too long, Veterans who needed the services of a VA fiduciary were deprived of their right to bear arms,” said VA Secretary Doug Collins. “Under the leadership of President Trump, we’re correcting this injustice and ensuring Veterans get the same due-process and constitutional rights as all Americans.”
