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Emerson ER doctor asks if I feel safe at home.Remember, the next time your doc asks you have you ever been sad, followed by are there guns in the home - the answer is nope/nope if you want to be able to renew your LTC next go around.
Of course there is no due process with these Red Flag Laws.
Would a federal law even matter for Massachusetts?
We already have a Red Flag Law.
Anyone watching this live feed?
Wanting to Live in MA?What are the mental health disqualifications for an LTC in MA?
"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), who is leading the bipartisan negotiations over a red flag bill, does not seem very interested in protecting the rights of gun owners who might be mistakenly identified as dangerous.
A few years ago, Graham likened red flag orders to "judicial proceedings every day in America where somebody is adjudged to be a danger to themselves and others and they're put into a mental health facility." He either did not understand or was unwilling to acknowledge that the standards for involuntary psychiatric treatment are substantially stricter than the standards for taking away people's gun rights under red flag laws.
Graham also averred that "nobody's going to lose their gun unless they have their day in court." That is clearly not true, since temporary orders bar people from possessing guns without giving them a chance to rebut the allegations against them. The maximum length of ex parte orders ranges from two days to three weeks. Fourteen days is the most common limit. A "well-drafted red flag law" of the sort that David French favors presumably would not allow such delays in giving respondents "their day in court."
A arrogant college Proff once asked our class if any of us knew what “Elide" meant. After a pause, I said “It means ee didn’t tell the truth, Guvvnah"
Bipartisan Support for Red Flag Laws Elides the Practical and Constitutional Issues They Raise
Because there is no reliable way to identify future mass shooters, many innocent people will likely lose their Second Amendment rights.reason.com
Although supporters of red flag laws tend to glide over these details, they can make a decisive difference for respondents wrongly portrayed as threats. Graham dismissed critics of red flag laws as "libertarians," saying "the Second Amendment is not a suicide pact." That is the sort of thing politicians say when they find constitutional rights inconvenient.