A new State law in Maryland that purports to nullify the second amendment on a case-by-case basis resulted in the homicide of Gary Willis. Police officers tried to serve an Extreme Risk Protective Order and seized Mr. Willis’ firearm. It is unknown if Willis was aware of the new law that canceled his right to bear arms in the eyes of the state.
A police officer entered his home and struggled to remove the weapon from Gary’s hands, in doing so the gun either went off, or he fired a shot. The officer’s partner then shot the man to death when he failed to allow them to strip him of his arms. These new red flag laws adopted by several states are an affront to due process.
According to Wikipedia, the Red Flag laws allow for "police or family members to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves. A judge determines to issue the order based on statements and actions made by the gun owner in question."
Screenshot via usatoday.com
This creates a situation where the individual is presumed guilty until proven innocent and not afforded the right to face their accuser before having their guns confiscated. If you ask me these laws are reckless, just as bad as no-knock raids. I don’t care who you are if you’re a cop or a criminal it’s not right to enter someone’s home without identifying yourself. Nor is it right to strip a man of his second amendment right to keep and bear arms.
As for the police in America who would do these things, they put their lives at extraordinary risk and seem to not understand the Constitution or the simple concept that many will defend their life, liberty, and property to the death. Now, I doubt that this 61-year-old was hip to all the new rules, or could have even imagined that law enforcement would try to relieve him of his firearms without a fair trial and the ability to face his accuser.
For now, it’s only a handful of states that have implemented red flag laws. It seems clear they use these suspicious mass shootings at schools and other places as a tool to bolster these gun control policies and get them passed on a state-by-state basis. Once it becomes normalized among a majority of the fifty states, it paves the way for top-down federally imposed gun-grab legislation.
| RED FLAG STATES | RED FLAG STATES |
|---|---|
| California | Massachusetts |
| Connecticut | New Jersey |
| Deleware | Oregon |
| Illinois | Rhode Island |
| Indiana | Vermont |
| Maryland | Washington |
