The Obama administration wants to prevent all Social Security recipients from owning guns.
That’s the rumor going around.
It’s not true, but there are elements of truth in it.
The administration would like to prevent Social Security recipients from owning guns if they don’t have the mental capacity to manage their own affairs.
On the surface, the idea sounds like a winner. Nobody wants Grandma Trudy, whose daughter pays her bills because she has a touch of dementia, to open fire out her back window when a dog rattles her garbage can. Or neighbor Dan, whose son lives with him and manages his affairs since he has short-term memory loss, to grab his rifle and use it if his son won’t give him the checkbook when he asks for it.