Rick Ector: Extreme Loss of Due Process Awaits Subjects of Proposed Law Unless It Is Fixed

The biggest issue that I had previously discussed, in other articles about Extreme Risk Protection Orders, is the absence of Due Process protections. I believe that this proposed law (HB 4706) makes it too easy for unfairly accused citizens to be unjustifiably deprived of their right to own, possess, and carry a firearm.

Secret court proceedings in which citizens can be deprived of their Constitutional rights without notice or a hearing is what happens under dictatorships in the Third World. It has no place in America, especially in the state of Michigan. In this brief article I wanted to focus on the consequences of being subjected to an Extreme Risk Protection Order, if it became law.

If we assumed that Michigan State Rep. Robert Wittenberg had the best of intentions when he appeared on the “Let It Rip” TV show on Fox 2 Detroit a couple of weeks ago to discuss his bill, a quick reading of his 12 page monstrosity would prove otherwise. The provisions in his proposed law read like the musings and wishes of a local …Read the Rest

Source:: Legally Armed in Detroit