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To: Faith65

So this “red flag” bill has the military confiscating our guns???


2,264 posted on 09/24/2021 12:02:51 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing is more important than Truth)
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To: little jeremiah; Faith65; numberonepal
This is the bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350/text

These are the sections that contain the word "firearm":

SEC. 362. ANNUAL REPORT ON MISSING, LOST, AND STOLEN WEAPONS, LARGE AMOUNTS OF AMMUNITION, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.
(a) In General.--Section 2722 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``report to Secretary of the Treasury'' and inserting ``reporting requirements'';
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms'' after ``Secretary of the Treasury'';

(J) Assessment of the disposition model for domestic violence.--As part of the independent analysis required by section 549C of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) the Secretary of Defense shall include an assessment of--
(i) the risks and consequences of the disposition model for domestic violence in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, including the risks and consequences of such model with respect to--
(I) the eligibility of victims for transitional compensation and other benefits; and
(II) the eligibility of perpetrators of domestic violence to possess firearms and any related effects on the military service of such individuals; and

(j) Restrictions on Access to Firearms.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
``(A) a military court protective order issued on an ex parte basis shall restrain a person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm; and
``(B) a military court protective order issued after the person to be subject to the order has received notice and opportunity to be heard on the order, shall restrain such person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm in accordance with section 922 of title 18.

(c) Installation-specific Reporting Protocols.--
(1) In general.--The commander of each military installation shall establish a protocol for sharing information with local and Federal law enforcement agencies about members of the Armed Forces that are absent without leave, on unauthorized absence, or missing. The protocol shall provide, by memorandum of understanding or otherwise, for the commander to notify all local and Federal law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the immediate area of the military installation--
(A) immediately when the status of a member assigned to such installation has been changed to absent without leave, on unauthorized absence, or missing (including whether the commander determines that such member has a violent intent, based on criteria including whether a firearm is missing from such military installation); and
(B) of the status of a member described in subparagraph (A), not less than once per week after notification under such subparagraph, until the commander changes the status of such member.

2,285 posted on 09/24/2021 1:04:24 PM PDT by Oorang (Politicians:-a feeble band of lowly reptiles who shun the light and who lurk in their own dens. )
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