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United States News Title: Red Flagging Drivers The outrages being perpetrated by arbitrary Authority upon the citizenry are made possible by several things but perhaps the thing most responsible for them is that there are people who think the outrageousness and arbitrariness will never be applied to them. Therefore, it isnt outrageous. One of the most outrageous examples of this Wheel of Misfortune spun by some of us, hoping someone else will hit bankrupt are so-called Red Flag laws, which vitiate the laws which used to protect law-abiding gun owners. On the basis of someone it can be almost anyone expressing concern, the gun owner who hasnt done anything illegal is treated precisely as if he had. He is forcibly deprived of his firearms and perhaps more summarily. In some cases, murderously. At least one man Gary Willis, of Ferndale, Maryland was shot to death in his own home about a year ago by armed government workers who paid him a visit to seize his legally owned guns which no one even suggested Willis had used in an unlawful manner on the basis of someone expressing . . . concern that he might. Its fundamentally the same business as being relieved by arbitrary Authority of excessive cash the non-standard applied by armed government workers who routinely seize any amount of cash they find in in the possession of some hapless victim. It could be $2,000 or $2. It doesnt matter. Whatever they say is excessive is. Its as loosey goosy as concern. There is nothing specific in these fatwas which are as arbitrary as any issued by a ranting ayatollah. And without specificity clearcut, objective definitions that transcend someones opinions and without due process, including the obligation of Authority to prove a specific transgression of law has occurred before punishing you for it there is no law. There is just the exercise of Authority. Which is now being exercised against drivers in at least one state Virginia and probably more, soon. The DMV relies on information provided by licensed medical professionals, law enforcement, judges, relatives, concerned citizens and other reliable sources to help identity drivers who may be unable to safely operate a motor vehicle. Italics added to emphasize the outrageous. A relative? How about an angry ex-wife or girlfriend? Someone who might not like you very much like a neighbor whose concern is really about the lawn clippings you inadvertently shed on his driveway? One call does it all! Your doctor has been empowered to express concern, too. If youve been to one lately, you may have been startled by odd questions that were never asked by doctors before but which youre now (or soon will be) under duress to answer because it is understood your doctor has acquired Authority over you. Because he reports on you. Which he is being required to do because he is now a de facto employee of the government via the government takeover of the doctoring business. His duress becomes yours. Questions about your state of mind are you depressed? Feeling stressed? Is everything ok at home? Hows work going? If you decline to answer these questions, you may be checked off as recalcitrant, even unstable which is sufficient to trigger . . . concern. And there goes your your license. Or your gun. Maybe both. Possibly, your life as well if you object overmuch to their concerns. As in gun (and asset) seizures, it is the burden of the defrocked driver to prove he isnt unfit to be behind the wheel. His unfitness like the dangerousness of the legal gun owner who hasnt shot anyone is presumed. The driver about whom concern has been expressed must go begging to the DMV authorities on his time and at his expense and hope they will allow him to get back behind the wheel again. Even though hes violated no traffic laws, been convicted of nothing whatsoever. This is all being done, were told, to protect society preemptively from supposedly dangerous or soon-to-be-dangerous people people who might go on a shooting spree, for instance. Dealers in arbitrarily illegal drugs. Supposedly senile citizens who wont give up the keys without a little pre-emptive . . . help. But this preemption amounts to pre-crime, as in Minority Report except this isnt a sci fi movie. In reality, were all being placed at the mercy of arbitrary Authority. Which by definition has power over anyone and everyone and at any time. But the people who support it dont see it or rather, dont care about it because they think it will never be applied to them. Which is like thinking the sunset wont lead to darkness in your neighborhood. Subscribe to *Cars and Automotive* Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Deckard (#0)
I hear the bullshit leftist "public service" commercials for this crap all the time on podcasts and streaming radio shows, particularly on WABC out of NYC. They're complete with the strained-sounding "time's running out, so act before you think!" leftist womyn narration.
Well, after every shooting by some psycho people ask, "Why was this person allowed to have a gun? Why wasn't something done?" This article is why not.
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