Red Flag Laws
I don’t normally use this blog as
a platform for my political voice, but Red Flag laws cover more than guns and
are more dangerous than you think.
Political Voice On.
Red Flag laws seem to be the
liberal media’s darling right now. In my
honest opinion they should scare the hell out of any free person in the world
and especially Americans.
My main concern is not about
seizing property. It’s about case law
creep. Case law is formed when a judge
decides some aspect or application of a law covers some issue the law did not
address. A very crude example might be a
law against drunk driving. Assume the
law only mentions alcohol. If you’re
stoned on pot and driving, a judge might decide that since alcohol is an
intoxicant, the law really covers any intoxicant and allows your case to go
forward. That sets a precedent and the
police now have another law to use against intoxicated drivers.
Proposed Red Flag laws address
antisocial behavior that the community thinks is a threat. This is currently aimed at guns, but it is
only a short step to other ‘dangerous’ weapons.
One has to wonder if where this will lead.
For example, my neighbor’s wife
is a nice person who thinks one gun is too many and why does anyone need a
pocket knife. Could she call the Red Flag
Police (RFP) and complain:
“I don’t know about my
neighbor. He has so many guns and he’s
always disappearing entire days with them.
I don’t know where he goes with them or what he does. And then he’s always taking them into his
garage behind closed doors. He does the
same thing with knives. Always taking
pictures of them. It’s creepy. I have children at home and I’m concerned for
their safety.”
If the RFP checks my social media
they will learn I support knife rights, believe in the Second Amendment, reload
ammunition and have a degree in chemistry.
Would they jump to the conclusion that I understand explosives, poisons
and God knows what else? Surely, they
assume, this person could be up to something.
Better bring ‘em in for a talking.
And you. Do you belong to a knife club? Travel to meetings with other knife owners? Cross state lines while you’re doing this? Do you show off these knives to co-workers and
friends in a subtle attempt to influence or intimidate them? Do you own ‘illegal’ knives, like a Bowie or
dirk? Do you ever argue with your
boss? Maybe you post or repost non-complimentary
remarks about elected officials or political appointees? That sounds suspicious to me. You might be in line in front of me at RFP
HQ.
How soon before a city, company
or homeowners association decides they can solve a problem with a Red Flag law
case law? You can almost write the
script for the movie of the week.
Alert the police to some
nefarious plan person X must be harboring based on an unmowed lawn filled with
weeds, or complaints about the bosses at work on social media, or the number of
beer cans in your recycle bin. Anything
that can be twisted to fit outside the local norm could be grounds for a
hearing. The RFP must investigate,
because if there is truly a problem and they don’t act, guess who’s out of
work, being sued and crucified in the media for months if not years.
Person X finds himself in front
of a hired gun psychologist whose job is to determine if he has socially
dangerous tendencies and would act on them.
Having been hauled away by police, forced to meet with someone you’ve
never met to discuss problems you’re ignorant off, how do you think you’ll come
off?
And if he does find you have
anger issues and harbor resentment against society what will they do with you. Prison?
You haven’t really broken any laws, just be found to have the potential
to break laws. This sounds like
pre-crime intervention.
Will you end up in a camp
attending sessions with a ‘doctor’ or forcibly given drugs to help you overcome
these antisocial tendencies? Don’t
forget we isolated the Japanese in California during WWII for their own
protection. Most of them never got their
property back.
Will your property be seized to
pay for your reeducation? You’ll lose
your job because you can’t show up for it.
Maybe your children and spouse need to be watched too. After all, some behavior is learned.
Don’t tell me this is
paranoia. The Gestapo in Holland used to
show up mid-morning with a legal warrant for your questioning and politely
escort you to headquarters. It would be
rare if you were ever seen again. The
wrong word to Stalin’s NKVD could make your entire community disappear. People will do horrible things under the flag
of law. Saloth Sar, or as we known him
Pol Pot, killed 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians to create a purer form of
government.
Even if this is all nonsense, Red
Flag laws allow the police to legally seize your property for some period of
time. If you resist the police as they
attempt to enforce a legally issued court order, you could end up injured and
in jail with another charge. You need to hire a lawyer. If you get your property back, will it be
damaged, abused, or just lost? You need
to hire another lawyer to get restitution.
No matter how it goes, you and America lose.
It is clear that our society has
problems, but passing a law that allows the legal system to circumvent your
rights is not the way to solve these issues.
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