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<blockquote data-quote="RugersGR8" data-source="post: 3319227" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200127/bloomberg-bought-virginia-general-assembly-ignores-peaceful-redress-advances-more-gun-control?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ila_alert" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200127/bloomberg-bought-virginia-general-assembly-ignores-peaceful-redress-advances-more-gun-control?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ila_alert</span></a></p><p><strong>Bloomberg-Bought Virginia General Assembly Ignores Peaceful Redress, Advances More Gun Control</strong></p><p>MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>The Senate</em></strong></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>On Wednesday, the full senate passed “red flag” gun confiscation bill <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB240" target="_blank">SB240</a> by the razor thin margin of 21-19.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The legislation would empower the government to strip an individual’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms and seize their firearms pursuant to an ex parte order. The proposed confiscation order could be issued without notice to the respondent or a hearing or other opportunity for the respondent to be heard and present evidence with the aid of counsel. Such safeguards are a requirement for adequate procedural due process.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Under the legislation, a confiscation order must be sought by either an attorney for the commonwealth or two law enforcement officers. However, the legislation provides civil immunity for these public officials if they lie or otherwise misuse the confiscation order procedure. A gun owner would have no way of seeking recompense from a wayward public official for an inappropriate or malicious use of the confiscation order procedure.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Further, the bill provides civil and criminal immunity to any law enforcement agency that seizes a person’s firearms for “any damage to or deterioration, loss, or theft of such firearm.” Under this provision, a law enforcement agency could effectively destroy the entire value of an individual’s firearms collection through its own negligent or malicious conduct without the threat of civil or criminal sanction. The agency could chop a person’s confiscated guns in half or store them at the bottom of a lake and the owner would not be able to seek damages from the agency.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RugersGR8, post: 3319227, member: 56"] [URL='https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200127/bloomberg-bought-virginia-general-assembly-ignores-peaceful-redress-advances-more-gun-control?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ila_alert'][SIZE=3]https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200127/bloomberg-bought-virginia-general-assembly-ignores-peaceful-redress-advances-more-gun-control?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ila_alert[/SIZE][/URL] [B]Bloomberg-Bought Virginia General Assembly Ignores Peaceful Redress, Advances More Gun Control[/B] MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 [B][I]The Senate[/I][/B] [I] On Wednesday, the full senate passed “red flag” gun confiscation bill [URL='http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB240']SB240[/URL] by the razor thin margin of 21-19. The legislation would empower the government to strip an individual’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms and seize their firearms pursuant to an ex parte order. The proposed confiscation order could be issued without notice to the respondent or a hearing or other opportunity for the respondent to be heard and present evidence with the aid of counsel. Such safeguards are a requirement for adequate procedural due process. Under the legislation, a confiscation order must be sought by either an attorney for the commonwealth or two law enforcement officers. However, the legislation provides civil immunity for these public officials if they lie or otherwise misuse the confiscation order procedure. A gun owner would have no way of seeking recompense from a wayward public official for an inappropriate or malicious use of the confiscation order procedure. Further, the bill provides civil and criminal immunity to any law enforcement agency that seizes a person’s firearms for “any damage to or deterioration, loss, or theft of such firearm.” Under this provision, a law enforcement agency could effectively destroy the entire value of an individual’s firearms collection through its own negligent or malicious conduct without the threat of civil or criminal sanction. The agency could chop a person’s confiscated guns in half or store them at the bottom of a lake and the owner would not be able to seek damages from the agency.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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