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To: TexasGurl24
That’s not how red flag laws work ANYWHERE.

That is exactly how it works where I live. I currently live in NJ, One phone call claiming I am a danger to the chidden for any reason, with no proof of any kind, and all hell breaks loose. It will be 100% up to me to prove otherwise. Let the legal system figure it out later at huge expense and years of my rights lost. Yes, it has happened to people here. I have seen people destroyed by it. I'm leaving for a free state in just under three weeks. I don't need this type of crap becoming nation wide.

133 posted on 06/12/2022 3:50:24 PM PDT by alephnull (Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of death.)
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To: alephnull

No, that’s not “exactly” how it works.

https://casetext.com/statute/new-jersey-statutes/title-2c-the-new-jersey-code-of-criminal-justice/chapter-2c58-registration-of-manufacturers-and-wholesale-dealers-of-firearms/section-2c58-23-filing-of-temporary-extreme-risk-protection-order

https://21oqgp2izzhdcysde2eq6rky-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021.07.20-TERPO-opinion.pdf

Again, not saying these are good things. They aren’t. However, there is more to it than “my wife or neighbor can phone the police that I have guns and they are then immediately taken away.”

That’s simply not how it works anywhere. Even in NJ, a judge has to approve the order, based on an affidavit, filed under the penalty of perjury, that the respondent poses a significant danger of bodily injury to self or others.

As best that I can gather, NJ issues about 300 of these a year.

If you don’t want these to be implemented in the State that you are moving to, then it would be a great idea to formulate coherent reasons as to why they are bad. I can think of several. Presenting a straw man though, probably won’t be effective.


136 posted on 06/12/2022 4:12:16 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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