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In reply to the discussion: Congressman calls for service members, veterans who stormed the Capitol to be stripped of benefits [View all]UTUSN
(71,046 posts)rights of civil liberties that are restricted during active duty. The distinction is violated constantly by veterans wearing their medals and uniform paraphernalia endorsing political candidates - like when Medal of Honor holders stood with their medals on George W. Shrub's stage during Coup 2000.
What these insurgents did were criminal acts that are chargeable under non-military statutes. Posters above have specified that convicted felonies result in lost VA benefits, which is the route for that part to go. If some of them were impersonating military or law enforcement status, there are laws for that.
Needless to say, I am not a lawyer, yet have been irked for years at how many high ranking office holders (and a president or two) who lack basic, high school level education in civics - this despite the culprits having enormous resources and supposedly being credentialed by prestigious schools.