Posted on 02/24/2018 6:11:59 PM PST by Simon Green
The White House is weighing a plan to use "red flag laws" to confiscate guns from people deemed too dangerous to possess them, according to a Bloomberg report.
The laws — extreme risk protection orders — allow authorities to temporarily take firearms away from people that judges have determined to be a danger to themselves and others. Five states already have such laws in place.
According to Bloomberg, the White House has been looking at an Indiana version of the law.
The Trump administration is considering a plan to encourage other states to enact the laws. One way the administration could do that is by tying federal grant money to the implementation of such laws as a reward.
The red flag laws are among several options reportedly being considered by the White House to curb gun violence. Trump and other politicians have faced pressure in recent days to enact new gun control measures after a deadly shooting at a South Florida high school.
That attack left 17 people dead and 14 others injured. The suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
Trump voiced support for gun rights during his 2016 presidential campaign. But he signaled a possible shift on the issue this week, when he called for strengthening background checks for gun buyers and raising the minimum age for purchasing firearms from 18 to 21. The powerful National Rifle Association opposes changing age restrictions.
But he has also proposed arming trained teachers and doing away with gun-free zones around school campuses — proposals that many Democrats consider non-starters in the debate over gun control.
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah told reporters at a press briefing on Friday that the administration was examining red flag laws.
"I think some states have had these red flag laws, for example, that remove firearms after you go to a judge for potentially dangerous individuals," he said. "That’s something that’s being done right now in a variety of states, right?"
"They have due process rights for these individuals. It seems to be working in certain areas. That’s something that we’re looking at and other places we’re looking at."
not a chance.
It’s The Hill. I’ll wait for something more believable about this.
Will be used by leftists to disarm ... YOU!
It’ll push people more underground. And it will be a lot more people, with a lot more hardware and more people who are willing to USE that hardware.
Reading FR, watching youtube, clicking on a link from Drudge. All of these things can easily be read and “red flagged”.
What should be the red flag is a Democrat voter registration. But that’ll never happen.
There must be due process to deny rights.
This is not a delegated power given the federal government. But then again, neither are ANY of the current crop of federal gun laws. Not one.
That would be an extremely dangerous assignment for any officer. There will be all manner of rage and emotion of the gun owner wrapped around such an attempt. I can see why this would be justified in some cases, but find some other way to get those weapons. This would be a guaranteed bloodbath the way many Americans feel about their guns.
For some, this would be as bad as CPS knocking on your door to take your children away because somebody saw you give Junior a swat for stealing bubblegum. Or because you have chosen to Home School.
That’s why the story talks about encouraging state laws.
The Shill
Actually almost all of these gun laws should be repealed.
Fake news
“It’s The Hill. I’ll wait for something more believable about this.”
Exactly. It’s a report from the execrable communists at The Hill reporting what the America-hating fascists at Bloomberg said.
Let’s move on and go clean the cat box until a more credible report surfaces.
Actually it’s not the Hill it’s Bloomberg which is owned by the biggest gun grabber out there.
They are going to run head on into HIPPA laws real soon.
Is Jeff Sessions going to lead that charge?
A member of the Girl Scout Brownies would have more credibility than the Hill.
Slippery slope!
They have a Red Flag law in IN.
Basically if someone is an extreme risk of being a threat to others, a court can revoke their RKBA.
There has to be due process before a court can issue a Red Flag order.
I think its worth looking at. Like I said, target the person, not the gun.
Persons with a propensity to violence would not be allowed to own guns. This doesn’t infringe on any one else’s rights.
Unless, YOU voted Bolshekrat more than once in the same election.
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