President Trump on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights.
“I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida ... to go to court would have taken a long time,” Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.
“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second
I am done. The 2A and abortion are my litmus test. Yes, I want the wall and getting rid of obamacare. But, those are my top priorities.
I feel like a fool.
They had plenty of time to commit or arrest Nikolas Cruz. They didn’t do it. So this process would mean take the guns and do no due process according to what just happened.
If this quote is correct, he’s been ‘gotten to’ by our 4 trillion dollar corrupt stasi state.
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Did you get that idea from Sessions, who is big on 'civil asset forfeiture' Cops taking what they want, even without charges?
Make the 'Due Process' thing very fast if you wish... But USE IT FIRST, DAMMIT!!!"
It’s either melodrama, or he is over reacting. Again, he should keep his nose out of these kinds of issues, especially when emotions are running high. Let the hysteria subside, then take unconstitutional positions.
A reported once said Trumps supporters take him seriously but not literally, while his detractors take him literally but not seriously.
405 days since Trump has been elected. 0 miles, 0 feet, 0 inches of new border wall built. And now Trump wants to violate the 2nd, 4th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution.
If true he said this, he could not be more wrong.
... but keep the kid in school? Recipe for labor camps USA
Nothing wrong with that statement. If my friend is drunk I take his keys. If my grand dad loses his mind I will take the guns. If he refuses I will call the cops and expect them to take them with no due process.
Crazy people already have too many rights.
Trump blew that real bad. That is patently absurd . The tail doesn’t wag the dog unless we live in unconstitutional tyranny. The good news that would be stopped cold the first time it was tried. I am disappointed is Trump’s understanding of the constitutional right to due process here. VERY disappointed. This is something out of Orwell. Let’s go into Chicago and round up Black youth and put them in jail and then later let them try due process , notice hearing and right to counsel. What a naive joke.
Wow. You’d almost think he had NY values or something.
Again unnamed sources putting out supposed words of Trump
Lordy this is tiring
States that report mental health records to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), especially with respect to people prohibited from possessing guns for mental health reasons:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Two cases of mentally ill people not having guns with which I am familiar.
In the 1950`s certain gentleman was observed to being going a little nuts by his neighbors, relatives and the townsfolk. They complained that this guy was acting weird and threatening people as they walked by. The cops knew who he was and promptly came by and disarmed him. The fellow was sent to the state mental hospital for observation. They later deemed him totally crazy. The local townspeople said, “Thank God they got him put away before he killed someone as he was a danger to everyone here.” I knew this guy personally and I can say that good thing the cops got him before he really did some damage.
Another case I know well. A local fellow was shot by accident in a hunting accident, accidental discharge of another person`s rifle as the local fellow sat down next to it, bumped it and it discharged, wounding him in the stomach. He was rushed to the hospital, healed and was released. Soon thereafter he went completely nuts, threatening to kill an attorney, his relatives, and the hunters. He was promptly arrested, disarmed by the local police and thrown into jail overnight for observation. They let him out with the legal sentence that an FBI agent would be assigned to watch him wherever he went. He was forbidden to ever own guns again and never to set foot back into the state. It worked; he never returned and the local cops in another state watch him all the time and know exactly where he is all the time and tell his family in timely reports.
Arrest first, disarm him, get him off the streets, ask questions later. It saves lives.
This is how it was done 50 years ago.
Sure Trump. In a third world country.
You can’t pick and choose what part of the constitution and law you will follow.
This demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of our government. Hasn’t Trump been quoted as correctly stating our rights are granted by God? How does he then think he can just willy-nilly deprive citizens of their RIGHT to arms and self defense?
Very unwise. VERY foolish. The precedent will be set and then enemies of the state will become elected and re-define who is dangerous. This type of ignorance was one of the reasons I was very hesitant at first to support Trump. He is fast losing my support.
Then we will see a 2nd revolutionary war.
Wow, he is making Obama look like a centrist on guns.
Dear God, save us from this insane man! If I had known Trump was so weak on due process, if I had known he supported gun bans (which he LIED about), I certainly wouldn’t have voted for him. And I sure won’t vote for him in 2020.
Maybe when someone is accused of “colluding with Russians” they should be removed from office and get due process later.
Why would it take a long time to get it through a court order if the guy is a threat?