RE: Red Flag Laws are the ultimate tool of persecution against gun owners. They must be abolished! #2a #gunrights #shallnotbeinfringed #guns #boogaloo
"You can't simultaneously support red flag laws and the Constitution."
Sure you can! A right is only a right insofar as it does not infringe upon the rights of others. The public has a right to safety; Allowing a mentally challenged person to carry a firearm infringes upon the public's right to safety; therefore invalidating the rights of the mentally challenged to carry the weapon must take priority.
A person may indeed have been grated a certain right under the constitution, but that right must be conditional upon the mental capacity of the one to whom the right has been bestowed. If that person's mental capacity or behavior changes to the extent that the public is in any danger, there much be a mechanism in place to remove, or at least limit that right. The Red Flag Law, while perhaps not perfect, is a good start in that direction.
Yes, canons also existed at the time of drafting the constitution, but people did not have the ability to carry canons around with them.
Red Flag laws are just political tools of oppression because they are enforced on a lower standard of proof ex parte.
You're on the internet, yet the internet wasn't around when the constitution was drafted.
So why don't you sign offline and stop using it?
"Red Flag laws are just political tools of oppression because they are enforced on a lower standard of proof ex parte."
As well they should be! Reasonable suspicion is more than enough to temporary suspend one's "right to bear arms" when the public is in danger, just as reasonable suspicion is more than enough for the police to search your car during a local traffic stop. And that is all Red Flag Laws are designed to do. To protect the public! Some people may not like that, but a few people's likes take very low priority when there is a danger to the public. Furthermore, sane, law abiding citizens have absolutely nothing to fear.
There's no such thing as a "right to safety". If someone harms you, they can of course be held accountable. Beyond that, you are responsible for your own safety. Any mechanism to remove a fundamental right would at the very least require a trial and a jury of your peers. Red flag laws don't provide that therefore they violate the Constitution.