A US Navy veteran had his guns confiscated by police following a forced \u201cpsychiatric evaluation\u201d in another example of how the Veterans Administration is accelerating a purge of armed ex-servicemembers in accordance with a federal government demonization campaign that has labeled vets domestic terrorists.<\/p>\n
50-year-old David A Schmecker is an honorably discharged disabled US Navy veteran from Connecticut with no criminal record and no psychiatric history.<\/p>\n
On February 5, Schmecker\u2019s hospital primary care doctor called and heard a message on Schmecker\u2019s answer machine that \u201csounded peculiar,\u201d prompting him to contact the local police and urge them to visit Schmecker to perform a \u201cwellness check\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police came to my home, and, without any justification whatsoever, hauled me away for a psychiatric evaluation at a local hospital. I submitted to their forceful insistence under duress and fear of arrest or worse. I wasn\u2019t arrested, no crime was committed nor any threats were made to myself or others,\u201d Schmecker told Survive and Thrive\u2019s George Hemminger.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey confiscated my guns and pistol permit. I was released two days later from the evaluation on my on recognizance. I have since attempted to use the courts and attorneys to fight the revocation of my pistol permit. Then on top of everything else, the bills from the short stay at the hospital and EMS bills that they billed me, along with what I had to pay the attorney adds up to a large amount of money,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n