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For me it is a red flag to take an oath to support and defend the constitution, and then proceed to attack and undermine the constitution.

The various red flag laws & proposals may be the worst example of this.

1st amendment - "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech...". But if you say the wrong thing, we break down your door and seize your property.

2nd amendment - "... the right to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Unless you say the wrong thing, and we don't like you.

4th amendment -" The right of the people to be secure in their person's, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated... ". How do you justify searching for and sizing legally owned guns? Well they MIGHT do something bad with them. Can we take guns from the Police because they MIGHT kill a black person with it?

5th amendment -"... nor shall any person... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." Unless it's a gun (and the associated liberty to keep and bear it), and anyone makes any sort of unsubstantiated accusation against you.


Violating 4 of the 10 amendments of the bill of RIGHTS, a new record for a single bill ?

Better not piss off your spouse, ex, girl/boy friend, or neighbor or they can screw you over big time by just saying you threatened to kill someone (that slow driver in the fast lane we all threaten to kill).

The are many things that will disqualify you from ever owning or possessing a gun again. All the government has to do is do their jobs and prove those cases and the problem is solved without taking a crap on the Constitution and American legal principles.
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Are you writing this because the Police arrested the guy at the Long Beach Marriott that threatened to shoot and kill people - didn't' do it - but had guns etc taken and house broken into?

I'm absolutely OK with that.
 
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No, more the whole anti gun bandwagon that now features red flag confiscation as one of the top features.

The key words in that news story was "allegedly". I allegedly said something, or had something is not good probable cause.

But this guy was held for possessing assault rifles (illegal in California). Charge and convict him, and bam, proper basis for seizing all his guns. Even better, enforce the existing law and put him away for a good long while.

Or do you want to replace the inoccent until proven guilty standard in American justice with guilty until proven innocent? We already have that unconstitutional mistake with asset forfeiture policies.

Many of the so many red flags we hear about with mass shooters were actual crimes, that the police/courts never bothered to charge & prosecute them for. It they did thier job properly, many would already have been in jail.
 

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No, more the whole anti gun bandwagon that now features red flag confiscation as one of the top features.

The key words in that news story was "allegedly". I allegedly said something, or had something is not good probable cause.

But this guy was held for possessing assault rifles (illegal in California). Charge and convict him, and bam, proper basis for seizing all his guns. Even better, enforce the existing law and put him away for a good long while.

Or do you want to replace the inoccent until proven guilty standard in American justice with guilty until proven innocent? We already have that unconstitutional mistake with asset forfeiture policies.

Many of the so many red flags we hear about with mass shooters were actual crimes, that the police/courts never bothered to charge & prosecute them for. It they did thier job properly, many would already have been in jail.
I want to see more done with "assault rifles" along with background checks and flagging individuals - understanding many have a problem with the definition of assault rifle (my def: any rapid fire, multi round rifle used in a previous mass shooting) - along with more strict policies on how people can obtain guns - there are some damn nut jobs - terrible people that have no business legally getting a gun. Slippery slope or not - if, for example, a kid in school - stabs someone - they should never ever be allowed in their life to buy a gun - sorry no exception - kid blew it.

Things have to change.

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"But this guy was held for possessing assault rifles (illegal in California). Charge and convict him, and bam, proper basis for seizing all his guns. Even better, enforce the existing law and put him away for a good long while."

Agreed 100%.

I don't believe everyone should be entitled to have guns - you do something stupid - darn - you lost your chance - you are psychotic- pretty easy to determine in school - my wife a spec ed teacher - saw many sociopaths - kids that would be happy one moment then threaten to kill a teacher the next, rape other kids - or physically assault a teacher....


Your other comment:

"Or do you want to replace the inoccent until proven guilty standard in American justice with guilty until proven innocent? We already have that unconstitutional mistake with asset forfeiture policies."

Of course not. And Asset seizures - are absolute bullshit.
 
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We have background checks. And even when the government determines you lied on the form, a felony, they prosecute less than 1% of them. As long as that is the standard, no change that they make to background checks will make much difference.
 

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We have background checks. And even when the government determines you lied on the form, a felony, they prosecute less than 1% of them. As long as that is the standard, no change that they make to background checks will make much difference.
As you point out current background checks are not working - and with that something has to change. And goodbye to assault rifles and their manufacture.


I myself have no fear of stricter laws as I know I'd be able to get a gun if I needed one being a law abiding and high tax paying individual.
 

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I see now what you are referring to - I see a story regarding Ohio trying to pass this - from the article:

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What DeWine has proposed
One of DeWine's proposals was to establish a "safety protection order" that could be granted by a court to remove guns from individuals deemed an "imminent" risk to themselves or others because of a mental health issue, alcoholism, drug dependency or criminal history.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have some sort of "red flag" or "extreme risk" law on the books, but they differ in who is eligible, how protective orders are granted and how they are enforced. President Donald Trump has said he supports such laws, and U.S. Senate Republicans plan to discuss a red flag bill in the coming months."

I agree with this "somewhat" - I'm sure there is more to this which could be troubling - but it seems very common sense to me - to a point. The part that is unsettling is: alcoholism, drug dependency - something like that would only be known about if someone was cited. So that is a bit extreme - it should be alcoholism, drug dependency felony citation in the act of a violent crime. Some average Joe that goes to AA to quite drinking should have no problem getting a firearm as long as they haven't committed any crimes.

I agree - it is a bit troubling - but like I said - there are known bad people out there - and they shouldn't have any guns or access to buy guns legally - and they should be flagged.
 
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As you point out current background checks are not working - and with that something has to change. And goodbye to assault rifles and their manufacture.
Yes because if you don't enforce the current laws changing them is the solution.

And the assault rifle ban worked so well before, and is working in Californina, Connecticut, etc. Almost as well as the gun free zones work.
 

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Yes because if you don't enforce the current laws changing them is the solution.

And the assault rifle ban worked so well before, and is working in Californina, Connecticut, etc. Almost as well as the gun free zones work.
"Yes because if you don't enforce the current laws changing them is the solution." I never said that - so don't throw that crap at me.

There is no legit reason for civilians to have those guns - so just eliminate them. Two news sources I quickly found (NY Times one) site that most of the mass shootings - the guns were legally obtained - so there's that.

I'm not sure why folks get so bent out of shape and have a legit need for these guns. And that ban could have worked - it certainly wasn't in place with the latest rounds of mass shootings.

Typical argument response - we want our guns (nothing works so do nothing) - but we have no solutions for idiots getting their hands on them.

Also - there isn't enough data to determine how well that ban worked - and if anything - just shows the first time something is implemented - it is never the best version - weapons ban version N (changed ongoing as loopholes found/bugs found) - would likely have been much more successful - especially with all the years that have gone by.

Partisanship prevents improvement (there seems to be no learning from mistakes in government) - it simply faults a first iteration "anything" and simply spins it and attempts to kill it.

I'm out of this thread as I was trying to have a civil conversation - but the OP had to get derisive.
 
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These auguments are useless from both sides. Most older Americans have a big distrust of our government , most younger Americans look to the government to save them from everything.
I fall into not trusting our government. I know that this country will be a socialist country (aka Democratic socialist government) in the future depending on election results. I also know Hillary Clinton signed the United Nations bill that among other socialist regulations states no American citizen can own a gun. Next step is ok vote from Senate.
So I know this gun control talk is a deception. The Democratic socialist party wants no one to have a gun. When they move from socialism to communist they want no resistance.
Please before either one youof you call me a nut in your educated way do the research.
That is what gun control is. Controlling guns.
If they were really worried about loose guns why not do something about the worst offenders first? Criminals?
 

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I'm out of this thread as I was trying to have a civil conversation - but the OP had to get derisive.
Maybe I missed it but where was the op so derisive? He presented another side that you do not agree with. Safespace?
 

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"Yes because if you don't enforce the current laws changing them is the solution." I never said that - so don't throw that crap at me.

There is no legit reason for civilians to have those guns - so just eliminate them. Two news sources I quickly found (NY Times one) site that most of the mass shootings - the guns were legally obtained - so there's that.

I'm not sure why folks get so bent out of shape and have a legit need for these guns. And that ban could have worked - it certainly wasn't in place with the latest rounds of mass shootings.

Typical argument response - we want our guns (nothing works so do nothing) - but we have no solutions for idiots getting their hands on them.

Also - there isn't enough data to determine how well that ban worked - and if anything - just shows the first time something is implemented - it is never the best version - weapons ban version N (changed ongoing as loopholes found/bugs found) - would likely have been much more successful - especially with all the years that have gone by.

Partisanship prevents improvement (there seems to be no learning from mistakes in government) - it simply faults a first iteration "anything" and simply spins it and attempts to kill it.

I'm out of this thread as I was trying to have a civil conversation - but the OP had to get derisive.
Who gets to decide who is "bad"? You? Me? The Gov't?....the 2nd Amd does not require a "legit need for these guns". You have a God given right to defend yourself from both criminals AND an oppressive government - THAT is what the 2nd is about, not hunting, not target shooting, but defense against a Gov't that becomes too powerful and oppressive. Look at what the founders had just done - rebelled against a Tyrannical Gov't that arbitrarily seized life and property including privately held MILITARY weapons (remember the "British are coming" were marching to seize rifles AND cannon from the colonists). Look at Venezuela - less than 10yrs ago they outlawed ALL private ownership of firearms and went out and grabbed them. Now their military is gunning them down in the streets.....and yes it CAN happen here.
 
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"Yes because if you don't enforce the current laws changing them is the solution." I never said that - so don't throw that crap at me.

There is no legit reason for civilians to have those guns - so just eliminate them. Two news sources I quickly found (NY Times one) site that most of the mass shootings - the guns were legally obtained - so there's that.
Hard to show the full story in with the formun automatically parsing the quotes to just the last one. So I will have to summarize:

You - we need background checks
Me - we have background checks, and the government only goes after people who violate the law 1% of the time.
You - we need better background checks (presumably Universal Background Checks per the current gun banners playbook)
Me - If you don't enforce the law more than 1% of the time, changing (expanding?) the law won't make much difference.

I find in funny that I started the thread with a rant on how red flag laws/proposals are unconstitutional, but despite a couple of people defending them, no one seems to dispute that they are unconstitutional. And no government that doesn't even follow thier highest laws can be trusted to have a monopoly on force.
 
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As for Assault Rifles, we had 10 years of data at the federal level. And two different government studies found it didn't do much, which is why the law was allowed to expire .

California and Connecticut both had state assault weapon bans in place when a mass shooter used an "assault weapon" in a mass shooting in their state (California has had multiple incidents, but I am not sure how long the ban has been in place - definitely was in place for the most recent event) . So obviously they didn't stop them.

According to FBI Uniform Crime Report data (not NRA data or We Hate Guns Inc data), you are almost twice as likley to be killed with "hands, fists, feet, etc." as by a rifle of any type, and more than 4 times more likely to be killed with a "knife or cutting instrument". So shall we ban hands and feet? Maybe I should make a red flag report that you have an arsenal of knives in your kitchen.

As for the "massive public health issue" of "assault weapons", the CDC data shows that is total BS.
Compared to the FBI reported murder with rifles (assault and otherwise) rate,
Heart disease 1600x
Drugs 103x
Suicide 88x
Poison (not the band) 87x
Cars (including the Mustang) 73x
Medical errors 67x (a John's Hopkins study suggests this could be as high as 500x)
Falls 66x


Damn gravity, we need to ban it, given it is 66 times more likely to kill you than a rifle.
 

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There's a marked difference between speaking about how much you dislike the slow guy in the left lane versus having a history of documented issues. Like having a list of who you'd like to rape and/or kill in your graduating class at high school like the kid in Dayton. Or having a record of domestic abuse. Are you saying he should have had no problem purchasing a weapon? What happened to consequences for your actions? If you do something violent or have violent tendencies, you don't get guns.

Murders will never go to 0, gun deaths will never go to 0, assault rifle deaths will never go to 0, but to be defeatist and not even try to improve the situation is cowardice. There is a problem in America with gun violence. Much of it involves cities like Baltimore or Chicago (which is its own discussion), but there are many problems elsewhere as well that should be looked at and improved.
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