Colorado Gov. Signs Red Flag Bill into Law | Blogging/Citizen Journalism

Colorado Gov. Signs Red Flag Bill into Law | Blogging/Citizen Journalism



On the surface, this Law looks a good idea. If a neighbour gets drunk and goes out in their yard howling at the Moon and then tries to shoot it, then, perhaps, there is a case to, at least, take away their guns.!

However, if you petition for that gun removal and the petition is agreed, then cops must go get them guns!! Then the real fun begins.

Under the 2nd Amendment of their Constitution, Americans have the right to keep arms in their home. With the protracted times of police responding to a call for help, I can see the point of having a gun! The police now appear to operate an arrest all survivors policy!!

Most of the time there are twenty officers round a car for every traffic stop. This is a clever move, on their part, compounded by needless requests for assistance from the first responder. who has a gun, a taser, a baton.handcuffs and normally the Law on his/her side. Just get your gun out and watch an argumentative driver just shut up. ! When the cavalry arrives, they can all stand about, claiming to be part of the deal and signed off from accepting other calls, which might just be dangerous. A traffic stop is good for 45minutes and then back to the doughnut shop. It passes the day, nicely and they may even get called to Court, several times, on their days off , thus gaining double time and a day in lieu.

You would think that this Red Flag law was manna from Heaven. But it is not. Rarely do drivers pull guns at traffic stops. But a drunk nutter, who knows his/her rights under 2nd Amendment, might just object to the idea of losing his/her 50 cal machine gun, sniper's rifle, 14  44 Magnum revolvers, 23 shotguns and a bazooka!  He might just make a stand and that could be dangerous for the cops.

Hence they are all complaining about this Law Traffic stopping and revenue collection, via issuing tickets, is rarely dangerous and cops love it. Doing real crime prevention and possibly saving lives from random shooting could be dangerous. Send in the gung ho rookies!