Posted on 08/25/2023 5:59:06 AM PDT by JZelle
The weaponization of Maryland’s red flag law by a county official in a long-running personal dispute with a local resident could be the beginning of the end for red flag laws across the land.
Donald Willey, assisted and joined by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), filed a lawsuit (Willey v. Brown) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland’s Northern Division on Tuesday, an action brought against not only the local county official who had it in for Willey, but the county sheriff who assisted her and the state’s attorney general.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
You ain’t kidding; read the whole story and that lady is COMPLETELY bat-shit crazy.
The situation escalated over the years to the point where the county official, Susan Webb, Director of Planning and Zoning for Dorchester County, decided to punish Willey by asking a local judge to issue an RFL against him. The local sheriff got involved and Willey suffered the loss not only of his firearms and ammunition, but of his personal dignity as well.
I am not sure (based on my reading of the lawsuit excerpts), that Willey EVER ran afoul of any zoning laws.
I am pretty sure that the crazy cat lady Susan Webb, is guilty of official oppression ... but there is no practical legal remedy for that, at least in Maryland.
This is what happens when a “Karen” gets even modicum of authority.
They’re not Karens, they’re bullies ... nasty, controlling bullies ... and just as must mask bullies, these unelected bureaucrats must be treated and condemned as such by decent people.
She needs a red flag applied to her.
Anyone with two or more brain cells knew not to trust any .gov with this kind of power.
She’s more like
“The Bitch of Buchenwald”, Ilse Koch
Apropos of nothing, just a harkening to earlier newsy items.
Red flag laws are restraint before due process. IOW, your rights are taken away before you are allowed to present your side. On this alone, they should be struck down as illegal.
A horror story.
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