NY Principals Have Petition Power on Guns Under Red Flag Laws

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Socialist New York school principals will have the power to petition under ‘red flag laws.’ The very thing Second Amendment advocates have said would happen is happening. Soon, any bureaucrat might be able to petition to have guns taken away from Americans.

The principals are now allowed to petition the court for an “extreme risk protection order” to remove a troubled person’s access to firearms. This could result in the confiscation of parents’ guns.

Supporters of the law say educators are uniquely suited to pick up on the kind of troubling behavior seen before school shootings, like the 2018 attack in Parkland, Florida, in which an expelled student killed 17 people at his former high school.

That’s laughable given the fact that the school officials are responsible for allowing the killer to re-enter the school as a student and even allowed him into target practice. There were many other failings on the part of these “uniquely” suitable bureaucrats.

As a New York educator, a former principal, I can tell you that principals are politicians and bureaucrats.

About a third of U.S. states have so-called “red flag” laws, which allow courts to temporarily seize guns from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others, but New York is the first to empower schools to petition a court themselves for such an order, rather than go through local law enforcement.

Second Amendment supporters were told it would be law enforcement, not that that’s great since there’s no due process.

In New York, we already don’t have a right to self-defense. To get a handgun, I had to say I was using it for target practice. If I said it was for self-defense, I would not have been approved. And I have to keep it locked up unless I’m traveling to the range.

They don’t even want us to have guns under these conditions. We can still have unregistered rifles but many are banned.


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James M Senner
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James M Senner
4 years ago

Principals are the LAST people I would give this power to. They are almost all Leftists and I would guess uniformly oppose the idea of anyone having a gun in the first place.

Fergus
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Fergus
4 years ago

How many principals have ever met the parents of their students? I rest my case.

I suggest we red flag all members f academia. Let their students have at them. Academia will become fans of the 2nd amendment very quickly.

John
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John
4 years ago

As a New York educator, a former principal, I can tell you that principals are politicians and bureaucrats- I too am an educator…and you 100% spot on!!!!

The MaD HaCkER
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The MaD HaCkER
4 years ago

Go for it new york. They made a movie about people trying to get out.

Charles in VA
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Charles in VA
4 years ago

You always get the government you deserve. Stop whining and deserve better.

Freedom isn’t free. It comes at the highest of price. If you aren’t willing to pay the price, then shut up and bend over.