United States New York Red Flag Law victimizes Veteran

[Captain X]

At some point the Fed is going to step in.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

and another county has a sheriff saying he will deputize over a thousand citizens to resist any attempt by state or Federal authorities to enforce these laws.

The real fun would be a sheriff who deputizes every citizen adult without a criminal record or restraining order that wants to be deputized.

Being "law enforcement" gets you around all kinds of gun laws. You get, by federal law, to concealed carry everywhere and you get to avoid pretty much all non NFA related state and federal firearms laws.

 

[Captain X]

That's part of his intent, but I'm actually more supportive of the militia idea, because the laws need to be stopped, not just gotten around by technicality.

 

[Doomsought]

That's part of his intent, but I'm actually more supportive of the militia idea, because the laws need to be stopped, not just gotten around by technicality.

A president could completely fuck over gun laws very easily by using the executive authority over the militia. Issuing old machine guns to the militia would cause some great chaos.

 

[Captain X]

Except that the current President is in favor of this Red Flag nonsense. He literally said "confiscate first, due process second." He also banned bump stocks by fiat. So I'm thinking he isn't real big on the Second Amendment.

If anything, the Fed will probably step in on the side of the Virginia government just to "maintain order." I hate to be negative, but I have a feeling this will be the case.

 

[DarthOne]

Except that the current President is in favor of this Red Flag nonsense. He literally said "confiscate first, due process second." He also banned bump stocks by fiat. So I'm thinking he isn't real big on the Second Amendment.

If anything, the Fed will probably step in on the side of the Virginia government just to "maintain order." I hate to be negative, but I have a feeling this will be the case.

If he does there’s going to be a lot of disappointment and angry Republicans and Independents out there....

 

[Deleted member]

Do we have any updates on this gentleman’s situation?

 

[LordsFire]

Except that the current President is in favor of this Red Flag nonsense. He literally said "confiscate first, due process second." He also banned bump stocks by fiat. So I'm thinking he isn't real big on the Second Amendment.

If anything, the Fed will probably step in on the side of the Virginia government just to "maintain order." I hate to be negative, but I have a feeling this will be the case.

Trump is in no way a man who is particular into the whole issue of gun ownership in the first place. It's not particularly high on his priorities list, as best I've been able to see.

He's incredibly perceptive regarding hot-button issues though. If this thing in Virginia turns serious, expect him to be very careful in how he reacts to it. He knows what his voter base is like, and this becomes an A-list rather than C-list issue, he'll think through what he'll do much more substantially.