HB19-1177 Red Flag Emergency Risk Protection Order is here

[avandelay]

Filed Feb 14 with a hearing on Feb 21.

Rally For Our Rights is asking people to be there -
Thursday, February 21st
1:30pm (please arrive early)
Colorado State Capitol
House Judiciary Committee RM HCR 0112
Denver, CO

Here is their take on the bill - http://www.rallyforourrights.com/col...han-you-think/

Given the makeup of the house/senate I'm not holding my breath that any logic or actual respect for due process will prevail.

[Bailey Guns]

Done deal. Might as well just cut out the middle man and send it to Gov Polis.

[Aardvark]

I wonder how many of those traitorous politicians have firearms...

[avandelay]

They don't care. They made this a civil matter so you have no right to face your accuser. This law has the potential to take swatting to an entirely new level and there is no downside to the petitioner making false claims. We all know there is no court in the state that will not issue the order even with the weakest of evidence.

[Ramsker]

Surely this won't be abused when it passes.

[brutal]

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, a Republican, spoke in favor of this. What The literal Fuck?

Do you suppose if I voiced my opposition to this, he'd revoke my CCW and come take my guns for being a "crackpot"?

[DavieD55]

This thoroughly unconstitutional act will be used for all sorts of nefarious activities.

[BladesNBarrels]

The Republican's did not learn anything from the 2013 legislation.
How to get unity in the party?

[Skip]

They don't care. They made this a civil matter so you have no right to face your accuser. This law has the potential to take swatting to an entirely new level and there is no downside to the petitioner making false claims. We all know there is no court in the state that will not issue the order even with the weakest of evidence.

Unless the bill provides civil immunity there are substantial downsides to making a false claim. I'm not saying that will stand in the way of violating rights.

I have no doubt we'll see some interesting abuses and court cases come out of this. And maybe not in CO but any of the other red flag states.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, a Republican, spoke in favor of this. What The literal Fuck?

Do you suppose if I voiced my opposition to this, he'd revoke my CCW and come take my guns for being a "crackpot"?

Doesn't surprise me. He's one of the ones who said they didn't have the tools to deal with the last nutter. Well, they've had the tools, his family had the tools, and no one did anything.

In an odd way, they've moved this from standard that eliminated LE's liability with due process (involuntary confinement) from one that will put them front and center. And when the first nutter has his guns taken and uses a different method of murder the optics will be bad. Why didn't you protect us? You knew he was crazy!

[eddiememphis]

Dave Kopel breaks down the many, many problems.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com...on-order-bill/