Let us be grateful to the good Rep. Eric Swalwell for illustrating how “red flag” laws will be used in practice. First they will be used to disarm people who are, frankly, mentally disturbed and already would be subject to a 5150 involuntary mental health hold. Then they will be used to disarm people who get into non-violent verbal altercations with neighbors over fencelines. Finally, after Americans are acclimatized to them, they will be used to disarm Ben Shapiro and traditional Christians and MAGA hat owners and conservative white men.
Thank you, Eric Swalwell, for skipping steps #1 and #2 and jumping ahead right to #3, probably the real purpose of these laws.
The measure of a law is not whether it can be used in a constitutional, fair, and just way. The measure of a law is whether it grants new powers to the government that will be used in an anti-constitutional, unfair, and unjust way. Red flag laws will be. They are anti-constitutional and should be opposed.
(They also should be opposed because every state already has civil commitment laws that remove that person’s ability to possess firearms and ammunition. But that’s a topic for another day.)
With all the violent gun threats he made, including those against specific individuals and public officers, Ben Shapiro should be under consideration for a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold and have all his firearms removed from his possession.
This is how conservative deplorable racist Nazi (never mind that Ben Shapiro is Jewish) white supremacist bitter clinger gun owners will be disarmed.
Let us be grateful to the good Rep. Eric Swalwell for illustrating how “red flag” laws will be used in practice. First they will be used to disarm people who are, frankly, mentally disturbed and already would be subject to a 5150 involuntary mental health hold. Then they will be used to disarm people who get into non-violent verbal altercations with neighbors over fencelines. Finally, after Americans are acclimatized to them, they will be used to disarm Ben Shapiro and traditional Christians and MAGA hat owners and conservative white men.
Thank you, Eric Swalwell, for skipping steps #1 and #2 and jumping ahead right to #3, probably the real purpose of these laws.
The measure of a law is not whether it can be used in a constitutional, fair, and just way. The measure of a law is whether it grants new powers to the government that will be used in an anti-constitutional, unfair, and unjust way. Red flag laws will be. They are anti-constitutional and should be opposed.
(They also should be opposed because every state already has civil commitment laws that remove that person’s ability to possess firearms and ammunition. But that’s a topic for another day.)
An apparent licensed medical doctor, Eugene Gu, recommends that Ben Shapiro be forcibly disarmed:
https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1182788506428461057
This is how conservative deplorable racist Nazi (never mind that Ben Shapiro is Jewish) white supremacist bitter clinger gun owners will be disarmed.