Gun Owners of America, apparently understanding that due process-free gun confiscation laws are inherently dangerous, has rebuked the White House’s School Safety Commissions recommendations. The very same recommendation that the NRA approves of. As I said earlier, I’m a NRA Life Member and I am disturbed by the NRA’s trend. More so since the it […]
Chris Cox, the executive director and chief lobbyist of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, has publicly praised the White House School Safety Commission and their recommendation for gun confiscation. As a NRA life member, I’m disturbed by the trend. First was the NRA’s support for bump stock regulation, followed by their flip-flopping on the matter. […]
According to Addison County (Vermont) Independent News Service, two 14-year-old Middlebury Union Middle School students planned to take part in a school shooting earlier this week. Apparently, another student who overheard the two suspects discussing their plans told their parents and the parents relayed the information to the Middlebury Police Department. In a statement by Middlebury Police […]
And the hits just keep on coming from the Trump administration. Yesterday, the White House released the end results of its School Safety Commission findings. As “The Commission endorses Extreme Risk Protection Order laws, which give authorities a temporary way to keep those who threaten society from possessing or purchasing firearms.” Back in March, Kansas Secretary […]
Reader John Dingell III writes: New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has just ratcheted up the extreme risk protection order or “red flag” law game by several degrees. He has proposed legislation which would enable teachers and other school officials to petition courts to ‘block access to guns by students.’ Translated from the newspeak, this legislation […]
“Due process is part of the (gun violence restraining order) law. By far, as the WaPo discusses, most of the lives saved will be the subject person’s own, but this law, now in effect in Florida, would almost certainly have prevented the Parkland massacre.” – Donald Sensing at Sense of Events [via senseofevents.blogspot.com]
“An Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) empowers family members and police to take guns away from a person who may pose a danger to themselves or others,” abcnews.go.com reports. “The person’s access to firearms is blocked until they can demonstrate that the risk is over. Essentially, ERPOs are a temporary restraining order for guns.” What […]
