Gun Violence Protection Orders : VA. Legislators Need To Be Educated

By Ammoland

Virginia – -(Ammoland.com)- I was contacted by two different pro-rights Virginia legislators a few weeks ago because they were receiving some emails on Gun Violence Protection Orders (GVPO) and weren’t sure what they are.

In a nutshell, GVPOs allow a judge to order the police to confiscate all of your firearms based solely on the word of a person who is claiming that you are a danger to yourself or others.

And, no, you don’t get to fight the order in court before the police show up at your door to confiscate your firearms at gun point. You won’t even know the order exists until the doorbell rings.

At some point, after your guns have been confiscated, you can go to court to argue that your guns should be returned to you. If the judge disagrees, you will have to wait for another period of time before you can ask again.

So a vindictive family member or neighbor can lie to a judge and, shortly thereafter, you will be unexpectedly looking down the barrel of a police officer’s gun as you …Read the Rest

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