An unnamed 56 yo man in coastal FL town of Lighthouse Point in Broward County, 14 miles east of Parkland, was TRULY speaking & acting irrationally (paranoid schizophrenic?), "Baker Acted" (involuntary commitment with cause, determined by judge to be in danger of harming to himself or others.
Baker Act, from 2017 FL statutes
Due process" concerns are built into the law re: when firearms will be returned to the individual.
HOWEVER, it is not neccessary to be committed in order to have one's firearms taken under the new law SB7026.
Slippery slope?
“Speaking and acting irrationally.....”
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Liberals would place anyone saying “Trump in 2020” in this category.
Makes me think twice about considering a move to Florida.
Just like the fisa court won’t be abused this law won’t either.
/sarcasm
Beyond slippery slope, this is outright a violation of constitutional rights. So a neighbor complaining about someone is all it takes to subject you to confiscation and psychological evaluation. This should chill both left and right to the bone, but of course it won’t. The left sees it as an effective tool for their political agenda and the right are all to often cheerleaders for police power.
APPROPRIATION: $400,000,000.00
Effective Date: 3/9/2018
This I find very bothersome.
Many war veterans have PTSD. Depression is most often a component of PTSD. Depression often makes one suicidal, thus a threat.
The vast majority of such vets are not criminals, have no arrest records and are good citizens. IMO they are better citizens because they actually laid their lives on the line in combat.
Now the very country they have defended is being set up to disarm them?
With the establishment also disarm LEO’s that have duty related PTSD?
Once it becomes “legal” to start taking guns away from certain groups, where will it end?
This is like people dying in car crashes and then seizing seat belts. “How dare you have protection”.
Knew someone who became depressed and suicidal...had a gun..went to clinic for depression...when it was discovered he had a gun...the cops came and took it away...he spent a few days in mental health hospital later....much better...but i think he would have easily killed himself at that time. His family was very worried for him..Big concern is that opposimg political views will be falsely deemed mental illness with forcible disarming. Need rock solid safeguards
“DEAMED”.
Who is the totalitarian deemer?
I’m all for taking guns from Cruz types who should be in jail to begin with but the problem with these type of laws is you could have your guns taken away simply because the neighborhood busybody complains about you. As others have said it’s a slippery slope.
So, if your liberal neighbors accuse you of “acting strangely”, you may be taken into custody and your firearms confiscated?
My only comment on this.
People are going to rue the day this law ever passed. Who are these mental health professionals that get to decide? This will also cost innocent people money for lawyers.
This is going to be a disaster for RKBA.
I WILL read the article, but first had to say this...
My state specifies that if you’ve been involuntarily committed (Baker Acted) you can’t get a gun. So, does FL have the same law? If so, they’ve backdoored charges that will make sure this guy never gets a gun. Seems unfair. Now I’ll read the article :)
We never learn, give the gov the power to decide if you are competant and if they can then take your guns. Why can’t people learn from what’s in the news today? (FISA)
People that are mental cases are generally pretty obvious.
I am against mental patients or potential mental cases owning guns.
Commit them and remove their firearms.
This is public safety.