Michigan Extreme Risk Personal Protection Order Bill is Assault on Due Process Rights

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Posted March 16, 2018 8:08 am by Comments

By Ammoland

State Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Oak Park) introduced new legislation to allow judges to issue protective orders for individuals that law enforcement or family members assert pose a threat, on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He was joined at a press conference by representatives from Moms Demand Action, the Michigan Coalition Against Gun Violence and Kim Miles representing the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

by Rick Ector

State Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Oak Park) introduced new legislation to allow judges to issue protective orders for individuals that law enforcement or family members assert pose a threat, on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He was joined at a press conference by representatives from anti-gun groups, Moms Demand Action, the Michigan Coalition Against Gun Violence and Kim Miles representing the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Michigan State House Representative Robert Wittenberg (D – Oak Park) has been making a few waves in the local Detroit area media lately about a bill he originally submitted for consideration over a year ago.

His proposed legislation (HB 4706), known as the “Extreme Risk Protection Order Act,” languished in Lansing until it apparently caught the attention of Detroit Fox 2 after the most recent mass shooting incident at the Marjory Stoneman Douglass Parkland High School in Parkland, Florida.

Accordingly, Fox 2 wanted to do a story on Wittenberg’s bill and asked me for an official comment. Initially, I had some concerns about the legislation which seemingly sounded like a sincere attempt to address mass shootings. I had not yet read …Read the Rest

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