Posted on 08/13/2019 11:32:24 AM PDT by RandFan
Paul, a strong gun-rights advocate, signaled his willingness to support something along the lines of "red flag" laws that allow guns to be removed from those who may be a danger to themselves and others.
"I'm not opposed to sort of an emergency order for 48 hours and then you get a hearing in a court where you get the full due-process protections," he said in the interview. "It's the one thing that could fix a lot of stuff. I think most of these homicidal attackers ... are sending off signals to their family and community."
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Hypocrite!!!!
He pretends to be this great defender of the Constitution and the BoR - and then comes out with a statement like this.
You KNOW, that if him and people like him, signal a willingness to “compromise” that it is a BOHICA situation for We The People and our rights. The Dems/Leftists view of “compromise” is that they get less than they dream of getting - it is NOT, under ANY circumstances, a situation in which they actually give up something (such as, we allow a very limited Red Flag statute like Paul is talking about, and in return Title 18, Section 922(o) is repealed, thus re-opening the NFA registry for full autos). Propose THAT or nationwide shall-issue carry, and then we can think about it.
As for the “universal background check” - that is an absolute non-starter. It would, by necessity, REQUIRE the full registration of every single firearm and tying each to a specific owner. IOW, the registration that would inevitably precede a confiscation order 10-20 years down the road. No f’ing way!!!!
These Red Flag laws are the worst kind of legal tyranny. How can you prove you are innocent of a pre-crime or thought crime? The whole point of the law is to take away someone’s rights BEFORE they commit a crime.
If passed, these laws will become a routine part of divorce proceedings.
I can foresee a well funded campaign to scour the internet looking for posts or videos which the most “progressive” anti-gun judge might find alarming, and use those to target pro 2A people and organizations.
Moreover, if passed this bill guarantees that innocent people will die. When SWAT teams kick down the doors of armed people there will be mistakes made. Innocent people and some cops are sure to pay with their lives.
Yeah. I agree. The fact that it would almost certainly have to be subjective kinda kills the whole idea.
Frankly, I don’t think mass shootings are the problem. It’s all the individual ones that are killing a LOT of people. In a world with 7 billion people, only a very, VERY tiny fraction are killed in this sort of event. I’d worry much more about a car accident or an acquaintance killing me than a mass shooting.
We live in a lost and fallen world.
This is the GOP’s suicide pact.
Sign onto gun control and lose.
Other than that, I’m worried. Deeply worried.
I’m just pragmatic.
And I don’t really support red flag. I am just not as against it as much as some here are. It is not my particular hill to die on.
Actually, none of the Red Flag laws enumerate specific crimes for which firearms can be seized. None.
But that would never happen.
I suspect Rand Paul knows this and is setting up his future objections to whatever is proposed. He is somewhat famous for rejecting anything that falls short of his standards.
Call them the Fredo Flag laws.
Perfect!
#FredoFlagLaws
Or Fredo Blue Laws.
Kim Davis, unjustly jailed without due process.
Levoy Finicum, “right wing extremist” killed unarmed in cold blood.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
I rest my case, your Honor.
Those that think such laws will be used for people like this are sorely mistaken.
Sure, and lots of them will die for their folly.
I had a psycho cheating ex wife slap me with a totally unfounded Red Flag law in California in 2005. She was the violent nutjob, not me. I got a lawyer and did get it back. However lawyers are not cheap. ended up with a $3000 Ruger 9mm brick
And who determines where that "alleged" line is?
I don't believe that for one second.
You don’t have to believe it, but THEY sure do!
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