NY Judge Orders Gun Confiscation A Month Before Red Flag Law Takes Effect

By Tom Knighton

The most terrifying thing about red flag laws is that they can result in a person being forcibly disarmed without due process. As Americans, we’re supposed to be protected from losing any of our rights without having our day in court. Sure, after a conviction for a crime, you’re deprived of your rights for a time. That’s kind of the point.

But when you haven’t been convicted of anything? That’s a problem and that’s why red flag laws are a serious issue for many in the Second Amendment community.

It seems that for one New York judge, though, there’s no reason to wait for the red flag laws to go into effect before they start taking people’s guns. They can just get started on it now.

A former town judge in New York has been the victim of a personally and politically motivated gun confiscation scheme a full month before the state’s new red flag law is set to take effect, according to the judge’s lawyers at 2AWNY.

Law enforcement in Allegany County seized the firearms belonging to former Town of Allen Justice Bridgette A. Tojek after County Court Judge Thomas P. Brown suspended her license to own a handgun pending …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms