RED FLAG LAWS
Red Flag Laws, Extreme Risk Protection Orders HB18-1436.
Mark Bromley supports and defends the 2nd Amendment rights of the US Constitution Unaltered and Unchanged. Everyone has a Right to defend themselves as they see fit. I have in my forward deployed military status learned what happens when corrupt oppressive dictator governments take gun rights away from civilians. The unarmed civilians get murdered and innocent lives are then forcibly dictated by a cruel and evil governments. The USA fought a Revolutionary War to protect their rights and gun ownership was a key aspect of true Freedom in this country at it's founding. The Freedom of Gun ownership also preserved the American way of life in the US Civil War.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders raises a Red Flag in Legislation HB18-1436 that is being used to aid and create a Police State. Turning Families on one another and fundamentally undermining family values. The Legislation is poorly written and provides no positive means to identify what conditions or authority is being used to determine the gun rights of law abiding Citizens who are Lawfully purchasing or owning guns in the state of Colorado.
The methods in determining mental conditions or criteria are not specific. The authority is that of Opinion based on evidence that is circumstantial at best resulting in Frivolous Judicial proceedings. There is no real accountability in the legislation and it's a open ended ticket that can be used to strip innocent people of their rights to safety and protection as they are falsely accused of at risk behavior and trapped in a pile of red tape and opinionated quixotic year long litigation proceedings that are poorly funded from the general funds at the tune of $120,000 for judiciary proceedings and not enforcement.
The fact that such a poorly written law is going into effect in January of 2020 is absurd and an indication of Panic and Inappropriate leadership is currently in the wrong and writing bad unenforceable legislation. The proposed budget in the bill of $120,000 isn't really enough to fund or pay for such a state wide use of the legislation. What is that? Funding for possibly 6 Judicial and or enforcement employees? Or is the money really being pocketed and covered under unenforceable legislation? To think these kinds of Legislation threaten your rights to TABOR refunds. Good thing we defeated Proposition CC.
Criminals do not follow laws and it is stupid and silly even idiotic that some weird Red Flag Law that clearly is aimed at the good law abiding citizens of Colorado. Following the lawful rules of Gun Ownership. This Legislation has been put in place that does nothing to stop criminals. It's all about Law Abiding people pointing fingers at other Law Abiding people and calling them "Crazy." If you take a moment to realize that criminals do not follow laws, what makes anyone think that a person being accused of a mental condition would comply with search warrants?
If anything I think this poorly written bit of bad legislation will only harm good people and put Colorado families in harms way. It is also unconstitutional and reminds me of the Nazi SS and that of Communist KGB activities of the Cold War era. "Sorry, comrade you were accused by your family of being crazy so we got to confiscate your guns."
This Law is wrong and should be repealed, just one more useless and pointless law poorly written. In my opinion the legislation is a fraud and the monetary sum seems suspect as to it's real purpose and intent. I ran a small operation for Homeland Security and that small location for the federal government cost the taxpayers more than the proposed budget in this legislation.
I fear this law will simply increase gun related crime and it will be more domestic and family related as a result.