Betrayal: Unconstitutional Gun
Confiscation Bill Advancing in House and Senate, by Max McGuire, Conservative
Daily,
Something is happening right
now in Congress behind closed doors that neither party wants you to know about:
Both parties are moving forward
with the biggest gun confiscation bill we
have ever seen...Democrats
and Republicans are actively whipping up votes for a massive gun confiscation
bill. The bill is called the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. It is something
that leftists and establishment GOPers have been pushing for well over a year.
Just this week, the House
version of the bill received two more co-sponsors -- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) and
Joe Neguse (D-CO) -- bringing the total number of sponsors up to 135. If you
thought this bill was dead, think again.
Members of both parties
are working behind the scenes to get more co-sponsors for this horrible
confiscation bill.
In the Senate side, the
bill is being pushed by Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Since he controls the Judiciary
Committee, he can push his version of the bill through whenever he wants. When
Sen. Graham held a hearing on the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, which was
written by Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the Senate, he admitted that "every right
has limits." We are now hearing that the Senate version of the bill is
also almost ready for a full vote.
This is happening. Both
parties are trying to pass a law to strip Americans' constitutional right to
keep and bear arms without due process. And it is up to you to stop them!
Federal law currently
outlines around eight ways that the government can suspend your rights and
confiscate your guns. In order to be disarmed, someone must (1) be convicted of
a felony or violent misdemeanor, (2) be adjudicated mentally defective, (3) be dishonorably
discharged from the military, (4) be convicted of a domestic violence charge,
(5) renounce their US citizenship, (6) become an illegal alien, (7) become a
fugitive from justice, or (8) be an abuser of a controlled substance.
But in each of these
cases, it is up to the government to prove this beyond
a reasonable doubt. They have to take the gun owner to court and convince a judge
or jury that the defendant is too dangerous to be trusted with weapons and the
accused gun owner must have a chance to defend themself. But the Extreme Risk Protection
Order Act would
flip this process entirely on its head.
Instead of forcing the
government to meet the "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" standard,
this new bill would reduce it to a "reasonable
suspicion" standard. Typically, reasonable suspicion is used by
police to conduct brief stops. If a police officer saw a person in the area of
a robbery matching a suspect's description, then he or she would be able to use
reasonable suspicion to briefly stop the suspect to ask them a few questions.
This is one of the lowest standards of proof that there is in our legal system.
It is nowhere near the amount of evidence required to make an arrest, search a
car, or even serve a search warrant.
But under the Extreme Risk Protection
Order Act, reasonable
suspicion would be enough to justify disarming someone. If a family member,
friend, or neighbor warned police that a gun owner could be dangerous, that
would be all the evidence the police would need in order to confiscate their
guns...
We saw this in Maryland
last year. 60-year-old Gary Willis got into a heated argument with one of his
family members. She reportedly wanted to get even and decided to turn Willis
into police, claiming he was "dangerous." Officers then raided Gary
Willis' home at 5 a.m. with a confiscation order. And when the man resisted the
raid, since he had no idea what was going on, a struggle ensued and he was shot
dead in his own doorway. This man was innocent. He had committed no crimes. But
testimony from a vengeful family member was enough for police to raid his home.
But this isn't even the
worst part. The Congressional bill would also allow for ex
parte confiscation hearings. What that means is that prosecutors would present their
'evidence' to a judge without the accused gun owner being present. Only after
the raid is conducted would the gun owner be allowed to mount a legal defense.
And even then, the deck is still stacked against them. It would be up to the
accused gun owner to prove his or her innocence. Forget about innocent until
proven guilty. This is guilty until proven innocent...
And while criminal cases
require evidence proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, this bill would let
judges extend the confiscation order for up to a year based only on "the preponderance
of evidence," a much lower standard. What that means is a judge would be able
to disarm an American gun owner literally suspend their God-given right to self
defense -- for a whole year simply if they believe there is at least a 51%
chance that the gun owner is dangerous.
Notice how during this
entire process, the prosecutors aren't even required to charge the accused gun
owner with a crime...Our Founding Fathers must
be turning over in their graves right now.... This is truly the most dangerous
confiscation bill ever introduced in Congress, but Democrats and Republicans are lining up to
vote for it!
President Trump has
already promised to sign this bill if it reaches his desk. Now, Democrats and
Republicans are working together to get it there.
Democrats say they have a
bipartisan majority in the House and are adding more co-sponsors every week.
Lindsey Graham controls the Judiciary Committee and has promised that the bill
will get a vote.
This is happening. This is literally a bill
designed to disarm innocent people. If this becomes law, it will be abused and
innocent people will continue to die.
How do you want the
history books to write about this moment? Do you want to be remembered as the
generation that lost the 2nd Amendment or the one that fought back and killed
this horrible confiscation bill? I don't know about you, but I choose to
fight. Please, help us kill this bill before it is too late!
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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