"Nobody wants dangerous people to have access to firearms, which is why the NRA supports risk protection orders with adequate due process protections and ensure those adjudicated to be dangerously mentally ill receive treatment," Jennifer Baker, a spokesperson for the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said. "The NRA believes that any effort should be structured to fully protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens while preventing truly dangerous individuals from accessing firearms. We will only support an [Emergency Risk Protection Order] process that strongly protects both Second Amendment rights and due process rights at the same time." [More]I guess if you repeat the phrase "due process" enough times, people will tend to overlook that those who haven't been charged, let alone convicted of a crime, will have a fundamental right forcibly stripped from them -- all while a fundamental truth goes ignored.
There goes your "New gun control doesn't work" excuse, Fairfax. I guess the "Lairds Approved" kind does...?
[Via Jess]
"Nobody wants dangerous people to have access to firearms ..."
ReplyDeleteI do. I would hope we are all dangerous; otherwise, why carry?
I don't want evil people to have access to firearms; but there is no rational way to prevent that.
If the NRA and others continue to confuse 'dangerous' with 'evil' then the NRA will continue to be foolish.
Everyone should keep in mind that there are already laws on the books for Involuntary Civil Commitment to handle these situations.
ReplyDeleteSo the alleged urgency for these laws is based on a LIE.
Attorney Alex Kincaid makes this point in this video:
HR 6747: Red Flag Laws Go National
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFG1D8V2Pc