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"The Declaration of Causes of Taking Up Arms" passed by the Continental Congress cited Gen. Gage's perfidy in seizing the Bostonians' arms.
The arms seizures were a major cause of the Revolution.
"Although the bill was sponsored by Republicans..."
"But with Republicans holding a firm majority – 23 of the Senate’s 40 seats – Democrats had little power to pass amendments or block it."
"The Republican-led Florida House..."
"Of 76 House Republicans, 57 voted in favor of the bill, with 19 against it."
Florida has taken guns away from 2,000 residents in the year and a half since the state passed its Red Flag law, but while advocates tout the measure’s success and seek to have it expanded nationwide, statistics also show that much of the state has been slow to get on board.
originally posted by: Gothmog
It is the RED FLAG law.
Taking guns out of criminals' hands.
Now , what is wrong with that ?
The upshot is that people can be stripped of the constitutional right to armed self-defense even when they almost certainly would not have used a gun to harm themselves or anyone else.
Less than a week later, they received a call about a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at his neighbor’s forehead, said “I want to know why this place is creeping on me” and threatened to shoot if he didn’t get an answer. When officers went to the man’s home, they found him driving slowly across his front yard with an assault-style rifle across his chest and a handgun wedged by the passenger seat. At one point he reportedly said: “I could have taken all of you.”
In mid-August, a Virginia Beach officer learned a woman who had previously been diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar disorder had said she had planned to shoot herself at Mount Trashmore Park but didn’t go through with it, explaining that “families started showing up and that it wasn’t her time.” She said she would wait until she officially lost her job, then do it.
All three people had substantial risk orders filed against them under the state’s new red flag law, which lets local authorities temporarily ban people from possessing or buying guns if they’re found to be a safety risk. The orders were filed despite Virginia Beach’s self-professed status as a “Second Amendment Constitutional City,” a moniker approved by its city council via a resolution passed in January under pressure from the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group. The vote drew wide attention, coming about seven months after a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building that killed 12 people.
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
And did you fail to mention how many were returned and only held temporarily?? Nope you sure did not. .
Under Connecticut’s long-standing law, the average number of guns taken in per person was seven, according to a study.
Multiply the no-gun orders in Florida by that number and that could mean more than 18,000 firearms have been collected.
originally posted by: gladtobehere
Trump tweet illustrates the dangers of Red Coat gun confiscations.
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: gladtobehere
Make no mistake, Republicans will be champions of gun rights until it looks like they’ll be pointed at them.
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: gladtobehere
Make no mistake, Republicans will be champions of gun rights until it looks like they’ll be pointed at them.
originally posted by: jjkenobi
If you have half a brain, there is no conflict here.
Republicans have always been for legal responsible gun ownership.