[MikefromOhio]

How the hell can they take someone's weapons with as little as an unproven restraining order?

I am so glad I will never live in Masschusetts...

[Criminal Number 18F]

How the hell can they take someone's weapons with as little as an unproven restraining order?

Mike, that's a Federal law -- the Lautenberg Amendment -- if you have an accusation of domestic abuse, you lose gun rights. Forever.

It's hilarious that they use Woburn, Mass., as an example. At least two Woburn PD officers have beaten their wives or ex-wives, and then the other cops have leaned on the wife to withdraw her complaint. This probably happens everywhere, but I know about it in that one city.

The reason they do this is that even a police officer loses his right to carry or even touch a firearm, and therefore his job. So, the boys tune up the women, it happens, you wouldn't want them to lose their pensions....? They're there to enforce the laws, not obey them.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[dzzrtrock]

It is the same in kaleefreakin'fornia. It might be the same nationwide. You can thank liberal chicks for this crap. If you're a cop and your ex or current, or virtually ANYBODY, gets a restraining order against you, and chicks can get restraining orders with virtually NO proof, you're out of work. It is just another tool women can use to abuse men. Roy Masters (http://www.fhu.com/index01.php) says "Men are weak and women are evil. Men give up their power in exchange for sex and women trade sex for power. When women get that power over a man, they use it to abuse him. I can't argue with his logic. All too often restraining oders are just a spiteful club women use to beat men when the man has succeeded in cutting the leash. I haven't "been there" but I know a number of guys who have.

[EEDUDE]

They can do it here in conservative Indiana too.

Preliminary restraininng orders can be frivolous and are often used by a spiteful spouse.

They are all too easy to get and don't really provide much protection for anyone unless a cop is on guard 24/7.

[jdub]

It doesnt just happen in MA. With our litiguous society, if the govt does not take every possible step to prevent any incident from occuring, should someone actually hurt someone with a gun that could have been confiscated there will be a helluva lawsuit. same with medical malpractice. Not that I approve, but it isnt just about confiscating guns.

[adam_az]

"How the hell can they take someone's weapons with as little as an unproven restraining order? "

They did it to my friend here in AZ. It's not just Mass! AZ has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country, too.

No due process. What a sham!

[buccaneer81]

How the hell can they take someone's weapons with as little as an unproven restraining order?

Dude, it happened to me during my divorce. In Hilliard.

[Warlord David]

Hell hath no fury, has a man condemn without a court or by a jury of his peers. This will be the begining of the end of this country. And it will only get worse. The question that demand and answer is who or what will be the last straw to bring down this country the Islamic raghead or one of or own. Only time will tell.