You know I get the apprehension over the red flag laws, but what about red flags raised over anyone who gets 5150’d, would that be acceptable to you?
5150 isn’t arbitrary, it isn’t political, it’s a medical professional stating you are a danger to yourself or others.
Many here are reading a lot into this without knowing much about it. Is it your suggestion that nobody in society should ever be disarmed? Then how would you know this guy should not be, given the lack of detail?
The problem with that is that can be used and will be used to deprive people that have not been convicted of a crime of their Constitutional Rights.
If you think or say something that offends someone, you will find yourself in that black hole. Thought Police? 1984?
Just WHO makes those determinations of your mental fitness to own a firearm?...
Say you were in a car wreck when you were 19 years old where both parents were killed, and you were badly injured. You had months of rehab. The disruption to your life lead to depression. Doctors recommended you go get some help for that, and you spend 2 weeks in a facility for depression where you learned the tools to cope with your issues.... Congratulations! Now, at age 34, with no further issues, you go in to buy a shotgun to protect your growing family....
And are ruled unfit to buy or own a gun!Congrats?
Do you trust the GOVERNMENT to administer these laws/policies?Given the govt's history of fugging everything they touch up beyond all reason or repair....
NO!The answer is so simple it is amazing.
Joe Blow has an AR15 rifle.
Joe Blow makes public terroristic threat on social media or where people take notice.
District Atty. reviews evidence and files charges of Terroristic Threat on him. Issues warrant.
Police arrest Joe Blow and put him in jail, and at that point, his guns are no longer in his hands. If convicted, he longer has the right to own guns.
Use existing laws. We have them. Use them.
