The union representing State Police investigators said the surging number of cases involving “extreme risk protection orders” that require them to seek court orders to seize firearms from a person they believe to be a danger is pulling them away from other investigations and leaving them “overwhelmed.” [More]
Once again “commonsense gun safety laws” endanger not just liberty, but lives.
[Via Michael G]
Note this well:
“The increase follows an executive order issued last year by Hochul that mandated troopers file court applications for extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) whenever they encounter a person who is believed to be a danger and in possession of a firearm. ”
Once red flag laws get passed, who files them?
Not the spouse, or the kids, or even the ex-girlfriend.
It’s the cops.
It’s their end run around your constitutional protections.
Now that the mask is off, don’t let it come to your state.