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Gaawa_chan posted...

I consider myself a supporter of the (frankly very poorly written) 2nd amendment, but it's when society fails to restrict access to people with violent criminal records or implement red flag laws to reduce suicide rates that you lose me completely. There's no excuse for letting firearms easily slip into the hands of domestic abusers, hormonal children, or people with a history of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts. And people can kick and scream all they want about "they'll get guns anyway," the statistics don't agree with you. Sorry.

Red flag laws themselves are unconstitutional. The problem is they don't permit due process, and open the door to gross abuse. You could tell your Karen neighbor, or your ex-girlfriend to go fuck herself, and if she knows you own a gun. You could end up with the cops kicking in your door at 3:00am. She could go to the courts, tell them any bullshit story, push it all through the system, and at no point will you be informed anything is happening. To make it worse, most Red Flag laws come with little to no punishment for filing false claims.

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