Posted on 12/30/2015 6:51:42 AM PST by conservativejoy
We've been warned, and now here it is, just days away...starting with, SURPRISE SURPRISE..California. THIS Friday when this new law takes effect, just about anyone will be able to "whine" about you. Then shortly after.. a search and seize order to grab your guns can follow.
When California's new law takes effect on Friday, your Second Amendment rights will be in the hands of your ex-girlfriend.
Or ex-wife, or therapist or neighbor , anyone, really, who doesn't like you.
The "Gun Violence Restraining Order" act, which goes into effect the first of the year, gives the state authority (it claims) to seize all your legally-owned weapons for up to three weeks based on nothing but someone else’s word.
A judge , after hearing "concerns" from just about anyone who claims to know you, can sign a search and seizure order, giving police full authority to bust into your home and seize your firearms.
This can all be done without you ever knowing, The Daily Caller is reporting. You are not a party to the complaint and you have no way of contesting the seizure or getting your firearms back until after the three-week "cooling-off" period has expired. Then you are required to prove you're not a public menace to get your guns back. If you don't, the judge can extend the seizure for up to one year.
The person who wants your guns taken away need not provide any proof or any evidence whatsoever that you're a danger to yourself or others. Some of the reasons (but not all) a judge can sign off on the seizure are vague and ridiculous. They include: any prior arrest for a felony (conviction not necessary); reckless "display or brandishing" of a firearm; threatened use of physical force; and, my personal favorite: "evidence of recent acquisition of firearms, ammunition or other deadly weapons."
This means if you've done nothing but bought a gun recently, you are subject to having them confiscated.
When the police break down your door and ransack your home looking for your guns, they're required to provide you this notice:
"To the restrained person: This order is valid until the expiration date and time noted above. You are required to surrender all firearms and ammunition that you own or possess in accordance with Section 18120 of the Penal Code and you may not have in your custody or control, own, purchase, possess, or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive a firearm or ammunition, while this order is in effect. A hearing will be held on the date and at the time noted above to determine if a more permanent gun violence restraining order should be issued. Failure to appear at that hearing may result in a court making an order against you that is valid for a year. You may seek the advice of an attorney as to any matter connected with the order. The attorney should be consulted promptly so that the attorney may assist you in any matter connected with the order."
California is calling it a "Gun Violence Restraining Order"...more like the beginning to the end of the 2nd Amendment. People of California…be prepared.
The dicklovers give it a pleasant sounding name, but it’s cleverly disguised confiscation.
Yet one more reason that no sane individual can live in California.
Too bad - nice weather, great beaches, California girls.
Good luck getting your property back from the police after the three weeks is up.
'Following orders' is not a defense. EVER.
“Fuehrer Befehl, wir folgen!”
;^)
So, can we call the police and request that they confiscate the guns of the local gangbangers and ghetto rats?
I'll attack anybody coming to take away my Constitutionally granted rights. You don't debate rights, you exercise them. And you do whatever is necessary to those who would deny you those rights.
You can go after the judges.
Lots of Californians are about to get SWAT-ted as anti-gunners will now be reporting gun owners to the cops as “mental cases” so as to get their guns confiscated.
Bank on it.
I’ve heard of people getting their guns back, so rusted up they were unworkable. Maybe the cops store them in salt-brine packing.
What unconstitutional crapola. LIBs are complete asshats.
Preach on brother!
Yes! There is no way that's an accident.
So the thing to do is take a picture of the gun and get a receipt and then get a lawyer.
Question number two: Yes.
There is never a shortage of help to load the trains, My FRiend.
Yep! Because if you think that they will buy the, “I lost them in a [fill in the blank] accident” you are in for a rude awakening.
You will be in for an unpleasant surprise then. This is the very reason [if they need one] to make a in their words, “dynamic entry”.
Correct! Sela T. could have emphasized that the police are here to help you. Sometimes they have to kill you to help you but they do help you. They help you into the next World. But, help is help.
Then you are required to prove you're not a public menace to get your guns back.
How do they prove a negative? All you have to do is show that they are politically active and therefore a danger to the community! Politically active conservatives are viewed that way and turn-about is fair play.
All without bearing false witness, too.
Agreed. Primary targets should ALWAYS be THOSE GIVING THE ORDERS.
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