amlevin
Regular Member
A judge gets one of these petitions before him/her. What happens if the judge denies the petition and the subject of the petition ends up shooting someone? Who is going to be vilified by the media and the anti-gun groups for it? You bet the judge is. Now compare that with the judge who just simply signs the petitions and the subjects' guns are confiscated "temporarily". What are the consequences the judge will face over that? Next to none. Now tell me how many judges are going to deny wrongfully filed petitions? It will be much easier for the judge to grant the petition then force the subject of the petition to fight for his/her rights to be restored and let the subject of the petition go after the person making the false claims.
Want an example of a false claim? During my divorce my ex-wife attempted to get the judge to enter a protection order against me which would have st Inripped away my firearms' rights and affected my military career. Luckily, in this one instance during my divorce fight the judge exercised a tiny bit of common sense and told her "I don't really think a protection order is required mostly due to the fact that you now live in Wyoming and your husband lives 1,300 miles away in Washington state."
Which kind of proves my point that judges are capable of reviewing facts and making a proper decision.
When all is said and done (which usually means more will be said than done), any constitutional issues with this law (if passed) will most certainly be dealt with by various courts of appeal.
Sorry, I refuse to succumb to "Chicken Little" syndrome.