Even Socrates Understands Red Flag Laws

Red Flag laws are unconstitutional. They slander the truth.

Those who advocate such laws slander the gifts of freedom, liberty, and limited government.

As written, they deny citizens their First Amendment rights to petition the government for a redress of grievances

As written, they deny citizens their Second Amendment rights to lawfully own firearms.

As written, they deny citizens their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures of persons, houses, papers, and property, with warrants issued with probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation.

As written, they deny citizens their Fifth Amendment rights without indictment of a grand jury or the deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

As written, they deny citizens their Sixth Amendment rights to, in all criminal prosecutions, the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Now, for those in total opposition to me on my contention that Red Flag laws are unconstitutional, imagine this.

If the ease at which the populace of the United States undermines the Constitution by divesting themselves of their rights and responsibilities to the government of the United States, then what is to stop the same government from expanding the scope of red flag laws to those who engage in activities newly defined as offensive to said tyrannical government?

If I say abortion is murder and you have had (or I am concerned you might have) an abortion, then you should have your children removed from you, in the dead of the night, without cause or notification, solely because the government now has the power to do so.

If you are late on a payment, the government should seize all of you assets because you could be late on additional payments. You will have an allowance. Maybe.

Essentially, all it now takes is a single voice of "concern", from an "anonymous" source to initiate the total dismantling of the greatest document ever written and the greatest country ever created.

Martin Niemöller identified the cowardice of those who would exchange all of their rights for a pittance of temporary security while others died first at the hands of a tyrannical government.

George Santayana had it right also.

If you do not understand the scope of this post or the importance of the names I am quoting, just keep playing Fortnite.

Your turn will come.

Sooner than you think.