Posted on 08/20/2019 7:00:39 AM PDT by rktman
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), commonly referred to as "red flag laws," have been at the forefront of the gun control debate. The idea is simple: if a person is deemed mentally unstable, and a risk to themselves or others, he or she can be stripped of their firearms. Typically, family members, doctors and law enforcement have the power to petition a judge to deem the gun owner mentally unfit to own a firearm, at least for the time being. Some states, like Florida, have already implemented these laws. While they sound great on paper, they have a number of practicality issues. The biggest one is the lack of due process.
Just last week, a man in Florida had his firearms confiscated simply because he had the same name as a criminal. That's right. A man was stripped of his Second Amendment right...because the police failed to differentiate a law-abiding citizen with a thug.
According to Ammoland, Jonathan Carpenter received a certified letter from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services saying his concealed handgun permit had been suspended for "acts of domestic violence or acts of repeat violations."
Carpenter was forced to go to the Osceola County clerk's office to have a form filled out stating he wasn't the person law enforcement was looking for. At that point, the clerk instructed Carpenter to speak with the sheriff's office.
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He NEEDS Jay Sekulow
The powers that be have made it very expensive to sue them. We are talking tens of thousands, into the hundreds of thousands, to do so. And then try to find a lawyer who is both competent in this area that wants to take the case and not bankrupt you.
Yes, that is true.
And then one likely would have to find a Republican lawyer to take the case, and a Republican lawyer that is actually capable of winning, which I think is a very tall order.
The police will follow any order given to them, until they start paying a personal price for such things.
Except some on FR would have been here to defend the cops...
That is a given, isn’t it? No matter how repugnant their actions, they always have their defenders.
Well - all the mom wanted was an apology from the city and the department and some training....which I thought was WAY beyond reasonable. They wouldn't even give her the time of day. So, she sued.
You would not BELIEVE the comments on FB (from people on the right - because I looked at their profiles and they were mostly MAGA people) telling her to just deal with it...shut up...you name it. It was embarassing.
I wonder if the deputies did this to sabotage the red flag laws.
King County as in Seattle? So glad they did not kill your dogs.
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