How we Treat our Service connected injured Veterans locally in NJ!

     At the left you can see a simple Google search of the VA facilities in East Orange, New Jersey and you can too look it up if you like to contact them. It is public information and I am in no way trying to violate the rights of this institution but I will tell all I can in this article for your benefit, the reader and maybe a fellow SC (Service Connected) veteran. This article has been re-inspired to write due to some recently past issues related to me and others during the course of the past years that I have had to defend myself against a system I believe to be too extremely bloated and becoming less caring to the patient real needs, our injured veterans and their families. In comparison to the public sector, the VA has been touted to be a more efficient system (key word efficient) and the envy of many health care reformers but all is not rosy and perfect especially when it comes to the patients needs, many injured veterans who have sacrificed there well being so that others may enjoy this great democracy we have are suffering unjust treatment by the VA partially due to the actions of a few individuals with the power to affect service connected disabled veterans rights and services. I'm hoping this will change with a little bit of pressure from me and others concerned about this way of thanking our veterans for their service and sacrifice.

Gun Control Reform, is it serious?

     With the tragic shootings recently in the news, once again those people who believe the 2nd amendment is a mistake are taking up the cause to not properly address legal Gun ownership or the shootings that result from mentally disturbed individuals or the vast majority of responsible gun owners. No sane or rational person would disagree that the mentally disturbed or criminal element should not have access to firearms of any kind but that is the last thing considered by these anti gun ownership advocates, instead they address the issue by passing or pushing legislation that would make it even more difficult for responsible citizens to own their own firearms to protect themselves and or others from being shoot by lunatics throughout the USA with illegally obtained firearms.

     It is well known that the one large major group that tries to protect our 2nd amendment rights are the NRA but not all gun owners are members of the NRA and a serious conversation about protecting the public against maniacs with firearms should include existing gun owners, law enforcement, constitutionalists and Mental Health experts. One major issue even before all these shootings, has been the lack of uniformity on the part of every state when it comes to background checks, carry and conceal, issuing permits, and some other particulars that gun owners have been putting up with for many years and only they know about. The right to own and carry legal firearms is more relevant today then when it was even written down by our forefathers but that topic is also avoided by the anti-gun advocates.

     The assault firearms ban is really non functional and serves little or no reasonable purpose in trying to lower the incidents of violence today and many statistics show that to be the case. Let's stop talking out of our bleep and seriously take up the topic with a well organized and intelligent group of people, not fanatics on either side. My prayers and sympathies go out to all the people affected by the shootings in Connecticut and other locations, it could of been avoided with some minor changes that most responsible gun owners could of provided in reasonable advice of responsible actions not dreamland actions.