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PHORTO
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"...though it may stumble in the Republican-controlled Senate."
May? MAY? It's DOA, you idiot.
And yes, lawfully preventing people with histories of violence obtaining firearms is a laudable goal, but it can only be done strictly respecting constitutional guarantees of due process of law.
If one isn't a categorically prohibited person, the state must follow full due process BEFORE suspending his/her rights and taking property.
BEFORE, not after.
And that's the Achilles Heel of these laws - they are structured on ex parte hearings considering allegations. The standard for suspending rights is much higher than that. Seizing people or property demands probable cause of a crime HAVING BEEN COMMITTED.
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| We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal. — Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc., New Yorker Magazine, June 26, 1976, pg. 53 |
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