Exclusive—Mark W. Smith: Republicans Raise the White Flag on Red Flag Gun Confiscation Laws

Breitbart ^ | 20 Jun 2022 | MARK W. SMITH

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Members of the Republican Party are busy betraying their base while simultaneously shooting themselves in the foot. They’re doing it by embracing so-called “red flag laws,” which is a euphemism for the creation of a separate legal system designed to target a single class of Americans (gun owners) and exact a severe penalty (gun confiscation).

That’s right, some Republicans have somehow concluded that targeting their political base (gun owners) by depriving those Americans of their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms (the Supreme Court’s words, not mine) is constitutional, good public policy, and smart politics. These Republicans are wrong on all counts.

Ten Republican senators announced that they reached the “framework” of an agreement with Democrat leaders for a historic platform of new gun control laws to be rushed through Congress without the benefit of robust hearings or debate. For constitutional, public policy, and political reasons, Republicans should not put their fingerprints on any gun control laws this year or ever.

Let’s start with the constitutional argument. Gun confiscation laws masquerading as “red flag laws” form the centerpiece of the deal. Red flag laws allow the government to seize guns from people alleged to be dangerous. The evidentiary hurdle is shockingly low: a single uncorroborated accusation or complaint about the gun owner’s mental health history or current behavior will suffice to take away his guns. Often, the gun owner is not even notified of the accusations leveled against him or allowed to participate in the initial hearing deciding his fate. That’s right, the gun owner may not even be aware that his constitutional right to keep and bear arms is under attack. So, he can’t contest or refute the allegations made against him or challenge the accuser’s credibility. Think the January 6 Committee, except with the added authority...

[JamesP81]

Rant and rave all you want. I’m done with death by a thousand cuts.

They want to do this? LETS DO IT THEN AND HAVE IT SETTLED.

[JamesP81]

I agree with your assessment.

Cornyn and his pals aren’t traitors to the GOP. They are traitors to their country.

[TexasGurl24]

Let’s do what? You won’t even say what you want to “do.”

Why? Because you are a coward.

You are pretty stupid one too. You want to vote for Democrats who WILL implement full scale communism, because some republicans hoodwinked them on a spending bill.

Did you actually read the bill?

Did you realize that there actually aren’t red flags in the bill at all? The money isn’t even explicitly tied to red flag laws. It’s earmarked for any “crisis intervention” proceedings that a state might implement.

Thus, Texas can get the money and still not enact a red flag law.

Your knee jerk pathetic cowardly response is typical of the low class, low IQ dumbs that have infested Internet forums with their bluster.

You will do nothing.