Swordsmyth
03-20-2018, 02:46 AM
"We need to stop dangerous people before they act," says Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. "So Congress should provide funding to states to adopt risk protection orders."
About a day after the NRA posted the video, negative reactions from supporters of gun rights forced it to add a clarifying note, saying the association did not support the kind of red flag laws that have already passed in other states. In 2014, California passed legislation allowing family members to ask judges to temporarily remove guns from a person who appears to pose a threat; in 2016, voters in Washington state approved a similar law.
"The NRA strongly opposed these laws because they do not protect due process rights. We will continue to oppose confiscation schemes such as these," the group wrote on its YouTube page.
The note goes on to say that red flag laws should "require the judge to make a determination of whether the person meets the state standard for involuntary commitment," and the removal of a gun must be accompanied by mental health treatment.
More at: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/594919524/nra-signals-openness-to-gun-removal-laws-with-conditions
So the NRA only wants to let a judge take your guns if he also tosses you in the loony bin so you can be subjected to forced drugging and other "treatments" like electroshock etc., a few less people might be hit but those affected will be much worse off.
About a day after the NRA posted the video, negative reactions from supporters of gun rights forced it to add a clarifying note, saying the association did not support the kind of red flag laws that have already passed in other states. In 2014, California passed legislation allowing family members to ask judges to temporarily remove guns from a person who appears to pose a threat; in 2016, voters in Washington state approved a similar law.
"The NRA strongly opposed these laws because they do not protect due process rights. We will continue to oppose confiscation schemes such as these," the group wrote on its YouTube page.
The note goes on to say that red flag laws should "require the judge to make a determination of whether the person meets the state standard for involuntary commitment," and the removal of a gun must be accompanied by mental health treatment.
More at: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/594919524/nra-signals-openness-to-gun-removal-laws-with-conditions
So the NRA only wants to let a judge take your guns if he also tosses you in the loony bin so you can be subjected to forced drugging and other "treatments" like electroshock etc., a few less people might be hit but those affected will be much worse off.