VA Ends Reporting Veterans to FBI Gun Database

VA Ends Reporting Veterans to FBI Gun Database

On February 17, 2026, President Donald Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs announced it is ending the long-standing practice of reporting certain veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) solely because they use a fiduciary to manage their VA benefits. For years, veterans who required financial assistance through the VA’s Fiduciary Program were reported to NICS as “prohibited persons,” a designation that c…

Trump VA Ends Reporting Veterans to NICS for Simply Using a Fiduciary

Trump's VA announced an end to decades-old practice of reporting veterans to the NICS background check system for using a fiduciary.