Colorado Senate rejects gun seizure bill over due process concerns

By Chris Eger

State Sen. Owen Hill was among the trio of Republicans who scuttled a bill to enshrine extreme risk protection orders under Colorado law. (Photo: Denver Institute/Twitter)
A Republican-controlled state Senate panel this week torpedoed a so-called “red flag” bill that they argued did not square with the Second Amendment.
The measure, HB 1436, would have established extreme risk protection orders under Colorado law, a move that would allow those concerned that an individual is a threat to themselves or others to petition a court to have their firearms seized. The proposal, which passed the House last week, was shot down 3-2 in a party-line vote by the Senate’s State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committee on Tuesday. Those who gave the bill a thumb’s down said it was big policy rushed through the legislature and clearly violated the Constitution.
“Anytime we are talking about taking people’s guns away we have to contend with the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment is pretty darn clear that these rights ‘shall not be infringed,’” said state Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, who said he had due process concerns that proposed seizure orders could start down the road to a “surveillance state.”
The proposal would allow a family, household member

Source: Guns.com