Patriots in control?
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Not sure why you're getting downvotes. This letter seems SUS, but the process you outline is exactly what happens sometimes. This is actually why people are against red flag gun laws. Maybe you have a bad day and need to vent. You're not going to actually do anything, you just need someone or something to vent to. Unfortunately someone sees it, reports you and suddenly you find yourself in a confiscation situation without due process.
Regardless of the motivations of the government using it, community reporting has always been a lynchpin of law enforcement. It’s super easy, costs nothing for the reporter, and basically utilizes the entire civilian population as an intelligence source.
As long as a civilian is convinced they’re stopping something bad from happening, they are a reliable security camera that requires nothing for LEAs to maintain, and works for all of them at once, for free.
Never required technology, but goodness did the internet make it so much easier.
Yep, I agree with you; I'm just saying we need to be careful when it comes to how citizen reporting is utilized. Ensuring there are proper checks and balances against improper confiscation of firearms, and making sure the system can't be abused, will ensure that more people will willingly be in favor of such a system. I remember growing up and seeing the Neighborhood Watch sign which was an iconic part of my childhood. Obviously if I was witnessing something strange, even I would want to send a notification to authorities. It just has to be respected by the government so there's not a further breach of trust, worse than there is currently.
I couldn’t agree more. I’m more liberal than anyone here when it comes to gun control stuff, and I also find red flag laws make me uneasy in many contexts. I am not against gun ownership in general, and believe in the right of people to defend themselves with guns, and do not like the idea of any right being taken away under loosey-goosey interpretations of what makes someone dangerous.
That being said, conservatives often point to mental health problems as the real culprit, not guns.
And down that path, we therefore logically see mental health professionals being the ones to flag people, and I know Q people tend not to trust psychologists for a number of reasons, including Q’s apparent warnings about therapists.
So if we can’t flag people with mental health issues because mental health professionals aren’t trustworthy diagnosticians, then I’m not really sure I know what the answer is supposed to be in keeping guns out of crazy people’s hands.
Yep, and to add to that point, every time there's a shooting and we find out that the FBI knew about all the "red flags" that were present but chose not to act -- heck, the Uvalde crisis is a perfect example of this -- we wonder just what the system is designed to do when the authorities did nothing when they could have. Of course, my theory will always be that they allow such events to happen on purpose, in order to push nefarious legislation aimed at curbing civil liberties.
There's a reason why the "always has been" meme is a thing. Governments allowing or grooming psychopaths to commit atrocities so they can prove a point about needing more government surveillance, intervention and restrictions in the name of "safety"? Color me shocked with my surprised Pikachu face!
My take on the "don't trust psychologists" statement is based off what I see currently from the industry, and how heavily it's been corrupted and politicized, especially pertaining to cultural issues such as transgenderism and other hot topics. Infiltration from the top-down means that we face an uphill battle. We must also look at the role that psychoactive medications like antidepressants, SSRIs, etc. play in committing crimes.
100% agree.