The red flag laws may lead to a temporary loss of firearms, but if anyone in my life reported me that would lead to a permanent end to our relationship.
Disgusting. Virginia’s new motto: “Virginia is for Fascists”. Great....,just great. As criminal and race-monger al sharpton once said “Resist we much...”
The chances of getting your guns back IN WORKING ORDER are nil.
What proximity of relationship is required to rat on someone? I’m sure advataged elite drones such as public school and public health workers will be given higher priority.
The problem is, you will never be able to find out who turned you in!
The 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Amendments in the Bill of Rights are violated by Red Flag Laws:
Amendment 2 - The Right to Bear Arms
A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
Amendment 4 - Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment 5 - Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
Amendment 6 - Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment 8 - Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment 9 - Other Rights Kept by the People
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment 10 - Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
AND, if you are not yet pissed off, you will not be Mirandized and will have to pay for your own legal expenses!
It is my understanding that the Florida “Red Flag” gun law has been used 3,500 times since the Parkland school shooting in Feb 2018. Read all about it at https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-02-14/in-2-years-florida-red-flag-law-removes-hundreds-of-guns.
At some point, the courts will rule on these blatantly unconstitutional laws! Hopefully, they will be ruled unconstitutional.
And of course the “lawmakers” who voted to violate the constitution should be publicly shamed.
If anybody in Virginia still gives a
damn.
They have a rally a few weeks ago in
support of gun rights then pat themselves on the back. Yet the vote takes place without a peep.
Wake Up People. We need action, I’m
sick of talk.