(September 30, 2014 at 4:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: California Takes A Small Step.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014093...a80bd.html
Quote:SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will become the first state that allows family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat, under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he had signed.
Predictably, the NRA trotted out the old law-abiding gun owner fantasy...
The argument Against the bill I've seen focuses upon due process.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/06/a...ution.html
Quote:Here’s something else. The probable cause determination described above is rendered in the complete absence of victim gun owners or victim prospective gun purchasers, and so, therefore, are the resulting GVROs and/or firearm seizure warrants.
Indeed, the victims of this proposed law might have no idea they have even been targeted until police show up at the door, conceivably in the middle of the night (see the “proposed form” of the firearm seizure warrant in the statute).
What’s that about a right to be heard, you say?
Oh, don’t worry; that comes two weeks after the authorities have already snatched guns or prohibited people from owning them.
Two weeks after the destruction of your Constitutional rights, then, you will be graciously accorded the right to convince California judges that you’re not a recent purchaser of a weapon (and too bad, so sad for you if you are, I guess) and/or that the frowns you displayed upon having your rights violated did not “threaten” some statist or other.
Find the cure for Fundementia!