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To: lodi90

Confiscating the firearms, however, does not require person be Baker acted, acc to the Sun-Sentinel article. Due process?


25 posted on 03/16/2018 10:14:15 PM PDT by cyn
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To: lodi90; who_would_fardels_bear

// The man was also taken to a hospital for involuntary psychiatric treatment under the state’s Baker Act. But the civil ruling removing his access to guns and ammunition was granted under the new legislation — which permits confiscating guns from people ***who have not been committed but are deemed a potential risk to themselves or others***, according to the order signed by Broward’s Chief Judge Jack Tuter. //

Better info here — http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-guns-seized-lighthouse-point-20180316-story.html


34 posted on 03/16/2018 10:19:55 PM PDT by cyn
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To: cyn

An ex parte order is a form of due process.


39 posted on 03/16/2018 10:22:29 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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