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Scott Protests For Vet’s Gun Rights

@KHQVictorCorrea tweets:
@KHQVictorCorrea tweets: "A North Idaho vet is on the verge of having his guns taken by the state. A protest group says that won't happen." Victor is in Priest River reporting on the protest led by 1st District GOP Rep. Heather Scott. (Victor Correa / KHQ)

Idaho Representative for District One, Heather Scott, is planning a protest Thursday in Priest River. The protest has to do with an assessment letter Representative Scott says she received about a veteran being stripped of his right to own a gun. This is a message Rep. Scott posted on her Facebook page:

Time to Stand against Gun Confiscation in North Idaho! Based on an assessment of a letter I received, I believe that the Department of Veterans Affairs is coming to a veteran’s home in Priest River today to check for and confiscate his guns based on nothing more than a stroke which has left him with some mild physical impairment. If you feel, as I do, that our veterans should not be treated like 3rd class citizens or common criminals, please join me between 9am and noon at the Congregational Church parking lot on HWY 2 to stand with this Veteran and show that the citizens of Bonner & Boundary County will stand firm on this issue. More here.

Question: Does Rep. Scott make a good case for protest here?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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