Someone I Know Is The First Charged Under New York’s New Red Flag Laws

By Brandon Curtis

I have to go back a little way to share the relation. Step into the time machine and join us for years 2004 through 2009. I was in a relationship with someone for 5 years, starting in my mid-20s.

She had a step father, Bob, who was an avid outdoorsman and gun owner.

Fast forward to a few days ago when I stumbled upon a news article that detailed an arrest under New York State’s brand new and shiny Red Flag Law.

This law, in a nutshell, takes all guns away from a person, without due process, if that person is deemed to be a threat to either themselves or others.

In this case, here are the details from local media;

“State Police filed the Extreme Risk Protection Order because during the course of the investigation, it was determined that Robert King could pose a threat to himself or others,” Trooper Aaron Hicks said in a statement.

This comes after King was arrested on Tuesday, charged with reckless endangerment and felony possession of a firearm. Troopers say he fired an unregistered gun near Route 22 in New Lebanon and the bullet hit a nearby parked pickup truck.

After King was arraigned at New Lebanon Town …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation