{"id":77993,"date":"2018-03-01T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77993"},"modified":"2018-03-01T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:48:16","slug":"on-take-the-guns-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77993","title":{"rendered":"On “Take the guns first”"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to The Hill<\/a>, President Trump seems to want to forego Fourth Amendment protections “against unreasonable searches and seizures” in dealing with guns;<\/p>\n

President Trump on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man\u2019s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time,\u201d Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the guns first, go through due process second,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Trump was responding to comments from Vice President Pence that families and local law enforcement should have more tools to report potentially dangerous individuals with weapons. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, no. It happened to me a few years ago when the now deceased Dan Bernath filed a restraining order against me, claiming that my wheelchair-bound ass was spotted outside his home in Oregon harassing him, on a day that I was actually on the other side of the country in the White House at a Medal of Honor ceremony. <\/p>\n

Bernath called ahead to the local constabulary and convinced them that I was a dangerous and armed veteran likely to shoot them when they served me on the RO. None of that was true. But, because the RO was out of Oregon, I had no way to recover my weapons through due process.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the local sheriff agreed and returned my rather large collection of guns and ammunition to me after being prompted by my state legislature delegate. The restraining order was vacated eventually, because an Oregon judge has no jurisdiction over a citizen of West Virginia when he’s never been in Oregon.<\/p>\n

Now, if law enforcement had brought me in front of a judge before they took my weapons, that would have satisfied my 4th Amendment protections. It would have been a pain in my ass, but at least my rights wouldn’t have been violated. <\/p>\n

By the way, anyone thinking that they can put me through that again have another think coming. I’ve discussed it with local officers and we have an understanding.<\/p>\n

But, taking guns without due process can lead to harassment of gun owners by gun grabbers. The president and his advisors should put more thought into this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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