dlh wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:21 am What happened to the proposed red-flag law from this past Texas legislative session? In that proposed legislation could law enforcement take your guns even before the hearing, based on a sworn affidavit of a complainant and an order from a judge or would they have to serve you with process, hold, a hearing, then take your guns? The devil is in the details--a big devil indeed.
I'm not opposed at all to disarming someone who is mentally unstable. I think that should be done. However, I am very much opposed to laws like the one on Maryland where virtually anybody can file a complaint that sends LEO to your house to confiscate your guns. There is very much a danger that such laws can turn into a tool that used by angry neighbors, angry ex-spouses, etc., etc., to punish those whom they are displeased with.
The finer details of any such legislation needs to be carefully crafted to not allow personal disagreements to be the cause of confiscation orders. Mentally ill? Yes. Violent behavior and threats? Yes. I don't like them? No.