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Title: The Free Thought Project - Florida police seize a man's gun without due process
Source: Politifact
URL Source: https://www.politifact.com/florida/ ... ize-mans-gun-out-due-process-/
Published: Apr 4, 2018
Author: Allison Graves
Post Date: 2019-10-02 01:51:16 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 4855
Comments: 31

After the Parkland school shooting, Florida lawmakers passed a so-called "red flag" law that aims to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed to be a threat to others or themselves.

The new law went into effect March 9, quickly stoking concern among people about lost freedom.

A March 18 headline posted on the Free Thought Project said, "It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."

The post went on to say a man in Lighthouse Point — in Broward County, like Parkland — had his guns taken away before he was determined to be mentally unfit and before he was accused of a crime, making him the first person in the state to "have his due process removed."

Facebook users flagged the post as being potentially fabricated, as part of the social network’s efforts to combat online hoaxes.

The post makes it seem like a man’s guns were taken without reason or cause, but that leaves out important nuance about the situation. Authorities said the man voluntarily surrendered his weapons and never contested the temporary risk protection order barring him from his guns for up to a year.

Florida’s "risk protection law"

Florida legislators moved quickly to pass SB 7026, allowing law enforcement to seek a risk protection order from a judge that would temporarily remove a person’s firearm(s) for up to a year. It also bars those individuals from buying guns during that time.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri took issue with the way the law has been portrayed in headlines. He said if a person doesn’t comply with a risk protection order, then police have to file a warrant and establish probable cause to obtain the weapon.

"There is no seizure authority," Gualtieri said. "You can ask them to comply with the risk protection order, but you can’t seize a person’s guns."

The law slightly amended the Baker Act, under which law enforcement officials can take someone against their will to a facility for a mental health evaluation if the person is a danger to themselves or others. Authorities can confiscate a person’s guns if they pose a potential danger to themselves or have made a credible threat of violence against another person.

Before this change, the Baker Act didn’t state whether guns should be taken or returned, except to ban guns from hospitals providing mental health services. In practice, officers would often — but not always — temporarily confiscate guns if the firearms were on the person or in plain sight during the Baker Act "episode," said Martha Lenderman, an expert on the Baker Act.

More states added similar "red flag" laws this year including Washington.

Matt Agorist, who wrote the Free Thought Project article, argued that Florida’s new law allows law enforcement officers to retain guns without due process.

"When a person is stripped of their constitutional rights, albeit temporarily, without being given the chance to make their own case based on what can be entirely arbitrary accusations, this is the removal of due process," Agorist said in an email to PolitiFact Florida.

However, this neglects the fact that the person in question allowed police to retain his guns at the time he was taken into custody under the Baker Act. After this, Lighthouse Point police took the necessary steps to obtain a temporary risk protection order, which a judge reviewed and signed.

Details about the Florida police seizing a man’s handgun PolitiFact Florida interviewed Lighthouse Point Police Chief Ross Licata and Broward County’s chief judge to get an understanding of the incident that led to a 56-year-old man losing his weapons.

Licata said officers have had interactions with the man for years, but it wasn’t until early March that his actions warranted action. (PolitiFact Florida is not naming the man because of his condition.)

On March 7, Lighthouse Point Police checked on the man at his condo after an anonymous person filed a complaint that he was acting strangely.

According to court records, the person said the man had been seen around the community "clutching his face and hair while arguing with himself." The complainant also said the man had admitted to turning off the main electrical breakers to the condo building "to prevent them from sending electrical impulses through his body and controlling him."

Licata said that this was causing a safety issue for other residents who depend on oxygen.

During the police welfare check, the man said he was being targeted by one of his neighbors, who he said shape-shifts and looks like Osama bin Laden. The man was carrying a firearm in the outer pocket of his cargo pants, according to court records.

The man voluntarily surrendered his weapons during the welfare check, said Broward’s chief administrative judge, Circuit Judge Jack Tuter. After that, police determined the man was a risk to himself and others and took him into custody under the Baker Act.

Licata said the subject was not released from the medical center until March 21.

Before he was released, police petitioned the court to get a temporary ex parte order and a permanent risk protection order March 14 to retain the man’s guns. (An ex parte orders allows the court to proceed temporarily without both parties present for a hearing. In this case, the man was still being held at a medical facility.)

Law enforcement met with the man at his condo March 21 to remove additional ammunition. One week after his release, there was a final hearing to determine if the guns and ammunition should be removed for one year.

The man was there. He did not contest the one-year risk protection order requested by police. Tuter signed the order preventing him from owning or purchasing guns.

Our ruling

A headline on the Free Thought Project said, "Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."

The headline and the story make it appear that Florida police arbitrarily took away a man’s guns, and that’s not the case. The man in question voluntarily gave his weapons to police before he was taken into custody under the Baker Act, a judge said.

While the man was being treated, Lighthouse Point police followed the protocol for obtaining a temporary risk protection order, and the man did not contest the order at any point during the court proceedings.

With everything considered, we rate this claim False.

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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)

He said if a person doesn’t comply with a risk protection order, then police have to file a warrant and establish probable cause to obtain the weapon.

"There is no seizure authority," Gualtieri said. "You can ask them to comply with the risk protection order, but you can’t seize a person’s guns."

Why did you post an article with lies in it?

There is no seizure authority it says then it says you have to obtain probable cause to obtain the weapon.

A K A Stone  posted on  2019-10-02   7:41:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)

Why did you post an article with lies in it?

That’s a damned great question, Stone. And such a direct question deserves a simple pointed answer. I shall try to be brief in giving you one.

I posted an article with lies in it because I read where you gave your enigmatic permission to Deckard for him to do just that. And I upon realizing it was your “accepted norm” saw the light as I simply want to also be considered a great asset and make terrific contributions to your LibertysFlame forum.

Thank you, Sir, for asking.

Salute,
Gatlin

Gatlin  posted on  2019-10-02   8:18:17 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Gatlin (#2)

We need more stock tips and real estate tips to make money. So we can prosper like you do.

A K A Stone  posted on  2019-10-02   9:04:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: A K A Stone, misterwhite (#3)

We need more stock tips and real estate tips to make money. So we can prosper like you do.

Ah, but I know from past experience there is little interest in that.

And besides. …

Doing that is not nearly as much fun or gives the feeling of great accomplishments as posting lies obviously does to at least one unnamed individual.

I’m gonna stick with posting lies – if that is okay with you.

Salute,
Gatlin

Gatlin  posted on  2019-10-02   9:41:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Gatlin (#6)

I’m gonna stick with posting lies – if that is okay with you.

Salute, Gatlin

Ok you are going to "stick" with posting lies. Which means that is the norm for you. Ok we are informed that you post lies. Thank You.

A K A Stone  posted on  2019-10-02   10:45:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: A K A Stone (#9)

Ok you are going to "stick" with posting lies. Which means that is the norm for you.

He (Gatlin) is trolling - throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks - poor baby is an attention whore.

His self-appointed mission is to get you to ban alternative news stories. Right now he's on a FTP banning jag - he won't stop until only mainstream sources that he agrees with are allowed here.

Of course, he will post his anti-libertarian and anti Ron Paul screeds from leftist sites. (remember when he posted articles from a couple of outright socialist sites?)

Deckard  posted on  2019-10-02   11:04:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Deckard (#12)

He (Gatlin) is trolling - throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks - poor baby is an attention whore.
Stone is a “Big Boy” and I don’t think he needs your guidance or advice in handling posts from me.

Or, does he …

His self-appointed mission is to get you to ban alternative news stories. Right now he's on a FTP banning jag - he won't stop until only mainstream sources that he agrees with are allowed here.
Why don’t you just wait and see what I will do instead of trying to anticipate what I will do and out guess me?

Of course, he will post his anti-libertarian and anti Ron Paul screeds from leftist sites.
Refer not to what I have done in the past – Look forward to what I will do in the future.

(remember when he posted articles from a couple of outright socialist sites?
How did you respond to those? I can’t remember …

Salute,
Gatlin

Gatlin  posted on  2019-10-02   11:42:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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