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Kamala Harris is proposing a new kind of 'red flag' law to take guns away from racists
The Blaze ^ | 15 Aug 19 | Nate Madden

Posted on 08/16/2019 3:49:10 AM PDT by SkyPilot

Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) has taken the concept of "red flag" gun confiscation laws a step further with a proposal to take guns away from white nationalists who might commit a hate crime.

According to a policy proposal on her campaign website Wednesday, Harris said she would work to "combat and disarm violent hate" from white supremacists by pushing for legislation to give courts the ability to issue "Domestic Terrorism Prevention Orders" to take away the guns of "a suspected terrorist or individual who may imminently perpetrate a hate crime."

According to the statement, such orders "will allow certain individuals, including law enforcement officers and family members, to petition a federal court to temporarily restrict a person's access to guns if they exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness."

"We need to take action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and stop violent, hate-fueled attacks before they happen," Harris said in a statement. "By focusing on confronting these domestic terror threats, we can save lives."

Wednesday's proposal doesn't, however, explain how peoples' due process rights would be protected under such a law or what specific safeguards would be put in place to keep people from being stripped of their gun rights and property based on their viewpoints alone.

"What Harris is basically calling for is a way to punish people explicitly for holding unpopular opinions by taking their guns from them," Tom Knighton says of the proposal at Bearing Arms.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2a; cmoniwannalayaharris; constitution; guns; hoebama; horizontalharris; hotlipsharris; isshealegalcandidate; kamelaharris; notnaturalborn; notqualified; sleepingherway2top; williebrownsharlot
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What's a "White Nationalist?"

It doesn't matter. If you're white and love America, we can make you one....whatever it is.

Who defines someone as a "Racist?"

Well, the left of course.

If you don't think the totalitarian left is coming for you yet, you are not paying attention.


1 posted on 08/16/2019 3:49:10 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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This is EXACTLY why pro-liberty, pro-freedom, pro-2nd Amendment people like me oppose any kind of “gun control” laws. Every single one of them has two strikes against it. One, it will not work, it will not stop someone bent on death and destruction- in spite of being sold that way. Two, as demonstrated here, every single “common sense” gun control law is merely a stepping stone, that much further down the slippery slope towards disarmament. Its never going to be just an assault weapons ban, just magazine limits, just background checks, just red flag laws... Because they will not stop the next whack job. When they inevitably fail, the anti gun, (really pro disarmament, that’s their goal) types will push for more. We are seeing the next salvo of abuse right here.


2 posted on 08/16/2019 4:00:24 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: SkyPilot

Communists don’t believe in due process.


3 posted on 08/16/2019 4:01:27 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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4 posted on 08/16/2019 4:02:54 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: wastedyears

And Patriots think communists belong in the ground, not in power.


5 posted on 08/16/2019 4:03:54 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: SkyPilot

I wonder if she intends on starting with those black racist in the inner cities?


6 posted on 08/16/2019 4:03:54 AM PDT by heshtesh
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“...who may imminently perpetrate a hate crime.”

As has been pointed out to me here by a couple of Freeper’s...

This is “Minority Report”.


7 posted on 08/16/2019 4:04:22 AM PDT by moovova
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Racism is a two way street. Harris is not proposing a two way street approach. Therefore the DNC propaganda mills and the accompanying Orwellian system overlords have their work to do.


8 posted on 08/16/2019 4:05:09 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Conservative, Christian, Trump supporter - get turned in under a Red Flag Law and raided in the middle of the night. This is a Leftist/Marxist/Communist dream. I hope President Trump is listening.


9 posted on 08/16/2019 4:05:43 AM PDT by Truth29
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if they exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness.

Dangerousness? There could be evidence of dangerousnesstastacism. How about that?

What ever happened to the word simply known as "danger"?

10 posted on 08/16/2019 4:06:34 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (“They are openly planning to murder you. Have a plan to prevent that.”)
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Everyone is a racist. So this should cover just about everyone they want disarmed.


11 posted on 08/16/2019 4:07:02 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I wonder if she intends on starting with those black racist in the inner cities?

If racists lose their gun rights, every democrat and RINO in the country, should be disarmed.

12 posted on 08/16/2019 4:12:20 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I am an Ephesians 2:8-9 kind of guy. It is a beautiful thing. Enjoy it)
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To: ThunderSleeps

There are a hell of a lot more black racists than white ones!!!


13 posted on 08/16/2019 4:15:09 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: SkyPilot

These people call anyone who looks at them with a dyspeptic look a “racist”, so this would no doubt give them an open license to confiscate weapons from anyone they choose.


14 posted on 08/16/2019 4:17:09 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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How about the adverb Dangerously?


15 posted on 08/16/2019 4:17:57 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SkyPilot

More anti-white BS. GFY!


16 posted on 08/16/2019 4:19:59 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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“Unpopular opinions”?

Unpopular to gun grabbers but not 2A proponents. I’m so sick of the stealth injections of word salads.


17 posted on 08/16/2019 4:22:06 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in. ...like yesterday!!!)
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To: wastedyears

And all white people are racists


18 posted on 08/16/2019 4:24:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: mrmeyer

What is wrong with you ?


19 posted on 08/16/2019 4:25:16 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: SkyPilot

It’s racial profiling. Didn’t democrats spend months wailing about how wrong racial profiling is?


20 posted on 08/16/2019 4:25:38 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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