The thing that is potentially very concerning here is there is no evidence of due process being undertaken.
(There MAY be, but I can’t see it here. Perhaps he had a lawyer present on HIS BEHALF to represent HIS interests and I missed something.).
Police seize first firearms under Florida’s new gun-control laws
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March 16, 2018
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A Broward County judge on Friday issued the state’s first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida’s new gun-control laws.
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Four firearms and 267 rounds of ammunition were ordered removed from a 56-year-old Lighthouse Point man who was determined to be a potential risk to himself or others.
The guns and ammunition have been temporarily removed from the man under the state’s new “risk protection” law, which is also sometimes called “red flag” legislation, Lighthouse Point City Attorney Michael Cirullo confirmed.
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The man was also taken to a hospital for involuntary psychiatric TREATMENT . . . .
I understand your concern that the new Risk Protective Orders might be abused, and indeed they might. That is why we have checks and balances and oversight to keep tabs on misapplication of the law. As for due process, the law establishes the provisions for due process in what it takes to get the order and what must be done immediately after the order is executed to ensure that anyone wrongfully targeted will be fully restored as quickly as possible. But even President Trump said (and I agree with him) that when someone is a clear danger to themselves or others, first you take away their guns and then you decide (promptly) if they should be returned. It seems we had this discussion before, but how could we have given Nikolas Cruz due process in the criminal trial sense and still prevented the Parkland shooting? Risk Protective Orders are legal in several states, and in those states where it has been instituted, suicide rates by gun have fallen dramatically.