Posted March 19, 2018 1:50 pm by Comments

By Chris Enloe

Police in Broward County, Florida, seized a middle-aged man’s firearms and ammunition Friday after a county judge issued the state’s first temporary firearm seizure under the state’s new “red flag” law.

What happened?

According to the Sun-Sentinel, Lighthouse Point Police seized four firearms and more than 250 rounds of ammunition from a 56-year-old man who police determined was a “potential risk to himself or others.”

In addition, the man was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital to undergo psychiatric treatment. Florida’s Baker Act allows judges, law enforcement officers, and medical professors to temporarily commit residents for up to 72 hours who are deemed risks to themselves or others.

Also, the man is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms and ammunition in the near future.

What led to the order?

The Sun-Sentinel has the details:

Police were called after the man turned off the main electrical breakers to the condo building in Lighthouse Point, court records show. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is not identifying the man because of his medical condition.

The man told officers he “was being targeted and burglarized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a neighbor who lives in [his] building,” the judge wrote in his order. “[He] could not describe …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze

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