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Friday, August 16, 2019

Red Flag Laws Violate Presumption of Innocence, Due Process

When tragedy strikes, as it did in two mass killings earlier this month, there is always the urge to pressure the government do something.

Governments are animated by the belief that doing something — any demonstrable overt behavior — will show that they are in control.

I understand the natural fears that good folks have that an El Paso or a Dayton episode might happen again, but doing something for the sake of appearance can be dangerous to personal liberty.

When the Constitution was written, the idea of owning arms and keeping them in the home was widespread. The colonists had just defeated the armies of King George III.

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5 comments:

  1. Can I REDFLAG
    MAXINE WATERS
    AL SHARPTON
    AOC
    TALIB
    OMAR
    ROBERT DENIRO

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  2. These need to be stopped. Take it all the way to the Supreme Court. We need to get Trump another 4 years so that he can continue to improve the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court.

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  3. add to that list
    Obama
    Cummings
    Biden
    Warren
    Kam Harris
    Cory Booker
    Clintons
    Beto
    Farakan
    Pelosi
    Shumer
    Brian Frosh
    Ben Cardin

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