Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:28 am Here is a question that nobody wants to answer. If all of the procedures required by the 8 Exec. Orders are implemented and a report of Suspicious Activity has been submitted about a person, what will happen if:This is the question that needs to be asked of anyone and everyone who supports these efforts. The unavoidable answer will be "confiscation of firearms" from someone who has not committed a crime and who is not mentally incompetent.
- 1. the person reported does not have a serious mental disorder such that they are prohibited from possessing firearms;
2. has not committed a crime; then
3. what will be done with the person and/or their guns?
The "do something" attitude is clearly understandable in light of the acts of these murders, but it is also clearly dangerous, clearly wrong, clearly unconstitutional. This will turn into the 21st century version of labeling someone a witch, so you can do with them (or in this case, their guns) as you wish.
Chas.
completely.The list sounds innocuous on the surface. But the problem is with the "and then what" aspect. If the Suspicious Activity Reports simply provide a basis for further LE investigation, that's not a huge issue. But does anyone here really believe that any LE agency is not going to be quick to "err on the side of caution" and just look for any excuse to confiscate guns so they are not in the position of having been notified and doing nothing when someone does turn out to be a real threat? I'd expect that the vast majority of these reports will end up with citizens deprived of their fundamental human right to self defense regardless of whether the report has any basis in fact.
It's the same as anything else. The devil is in the details. Color me suspicious. Especially when I heard our Lt Governor on the radio just this morning extolling the need for universal background checks.