2000+ Guns grabbed in Florida under red flag laws

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

Below is how the Florida law works. They don't keep the gun away forever. There is a hearing. The person can hire an attorney and fight it.


https://www.politifact.com/florida/s...gun-law-works/


... law enforcement agency determines a person poses a threat to himself or others, the agency requests a risk protection order. A judge holds a hearing within 24 hours with the police officers who swear to the allegations. If the judge enters the temporary risk protection order, the judge will order a search of the respondent's home to secure any firearms or ammunition.
Within a couple of weeks, a judge holds a final hearing at which point a person can oppose the order. This is a civil process, so the respondent is allowed to hire a lawyer but there is no right to a court-appointed lawyer.
The order can last for up to a year and then law enforcement can seek to renew it. The person’s name is also entered into the national database to prevent federal dealers from selling the person a firearm.
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When a Broward sheriff deputy flags a case, it must first be approved by higher-ups in the sheriff’s office and then reviewed by at least two attorneys before it goes to a judge.

one man who was fired from his restaurant job for making inappropriate advances to female employees sent text messages indicating he planned to shoot the women and himself. He was arrested, and then law enforcement sought a risk protection order and found he had an AR-15 and 471 rounds of ammunition.

So people need to prove their innocent without even being accused of any crime?

What are we? Saudi Arabia?

[Absolom]

Originally Posted by TreeBeard

I guess keeping innocents from getting murdered and killed alludes people like you.


Oh the humanity!!!! My guns! Oh my guns!

Careful what you wish for......

Government overreach is a thing, and that which you applaud may one day be your lament.

Do you have any knives in your home, sir?