I'm thinking this could be greatly simplified with a decision symbol asking "Constitutional?" and a "Go Get 'em, Tiger!" process symbol on the "No" line...
"On Thursday, a Denver Police Department (DPD) sergeant was the first known user of the state's new red flag law. He petitioned a judge for a temporary extreme risk protection order, so that police would not have to return two guns to a man who had been part of a domestic violence investigation.”
Pay close attention. Red flag laws are overwhelmingly used not by threatened citizens, but by police officers to penalize and disable the rights of citizens in ways that due process and existing policy forbid them from doing.
Henry is quite right in claiming that red flag laws will not be used often by threatened citizens. Since the subject of the order remains at liberty, paybacks are a real possibility. I anticipate when citizens use ERPOs, it will be to seek revenge or settle an old dispute. Few of these proposals offer any redress for a false report.
"On Thursday, a Denver Police Department (DPD) sergeant was the first known user of the state's new red flag law. He petitioned a judge for a temporary extreme risk protection order, so that police would not have to return two guns to a man who had been part of a domestic violence investigation.”
ReplyDeletePay close attention. Red flag laws are overwhelmingly used not by threatened citizens, but by police officers to penalize and disable the rights of citizens in ways that due process and existing policy forbid them from doing.
Henry is quite right in claiming that red flag laws will not be used often by threatened citizens. Since the subject of the order remains at liberty, paybacks are a real possibility. I anticipate when citizens use ERPOs, it will be to seek revenge or settle an old dispute. Few of these proposals offer any redress for a false report.
ReplyDeleteERPO: assault weapon of the Left.
ReplyDeleteWhat say Amy?