But congressman warns: ‘We did not authorize this’
By Bob Unruh
Red flag laws have been flaring across America, as someone can complain he or she has a “fear” of someone else, and a judge without even contacting the target can order his or her guns confiscated.
Promoters claim it is a way to protect the public, but in reality what it has done is forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens multiple times.
Those statutes so far have been based state by state, but Joe Biden, in his war on self-protection, now has launched a plan for a national “red flag center.”
Which, two experts have argued, he didn’t have the constitutional right to do.
It is John R. Lott Jr., chief of the Crime Prevention Research Center, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who have written at the Federalist that Congress, controlled by Democrats at the time, provided authorization for the president to hand out grants to states with those red flag laws.
They note that Kamala Harras has been bragging about Biden’s new “National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center.”
She said the goal is to see to the “effective implementation of state red flag laws” and “keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others.”
But Biden has “confused” “grants” for state programs with “an entirely new center.”
The state programs already are raising questions, they note.
Under ordinary laws, they explain, “If you worry that someone is dangerous, you can tell the police your concerns. If the police agree that there is a ‘reasonable’ chance the person is a danger to themselves or others, mental health professionals will evaluate the individual. If the professionals give their consent, an emergency court hearing is held. A lawyer is provided to those who cannot afford one. Judges have recourse to a wide range of options, such as outpatient mental health care or driver’s license suspension. Gun confiscation or involuntary commitment may also be options, but only after going through the proper legal process.”