Via Bearing Arms:
In 2015, grandstanding California Attorney General Kamala Harris used a raid on a gun collector to her political advantage in her successful Senate run. It now turns out that the raid was entirely unnecessary, at least partially due to incompetence in Harris’s Department of Justice, and that the family is getting all the guns back.
Good! I posted about the Case of Albert Sheakalee and I made the following comment:
“This one stinks to high heaven, but we are going to need more details. Specially with the last part, if neither a judge, nor a mental health professional had him adjudicated, who did and why?”
I am just gonna steal from Bob Owens:
“He was added to California’s Orwellian Armed Prohibited Persons (APPS) database due to being taken into custody under the controversial provision of Welfare and Institutions Code 5150. Law enforcement officers—who shockingly enough, are generally not trained psychologists— have been accused of “5150-ing” people they find obnoxious, and the provision is so broad that it can be used by disgruntled family members or even former exs as a weapon.”
Just compare California’s 5150 law (1,788 words) with Florida’s Baker Act (67,362). Mentions of LEO (Peace Officer) in California’s law is 8 times. Law Enforcement Officer in Florida’s is 23 times and Law Enforcement Agencies 20 times . Not saying that more words are better, but Baker Act via LEO must start with the invoking officer’s detailed arrest report which is the basis for the rest of the procedures that must follow. There is a bunch of other regulations that cops must follow which explains why in my experience I saw cops being very reluctant to apply Baker Act, in fact, I only saw it applied once in 10 years.
I am very glad that the guns are going back home and that at least once the government entities got a political bloody nose for their over-reaching.
This progtard nu-senator needs to be sued for each and every one of the 500 violations of this man’s 2A rights & for ruining his life just for her political grandstanding. I’ll be glad to donate funds towards getting her butt roasted by the courts.
The cynic in me wonders this:
How many of them will still be functional?
rings like The Great New Orleans Gun Grab?
Indeed, AuricTech. They may well have been stored in barrels of salt water.
Why is that they can never say “50 caliber” without adding “sniper rifle”? Aren’t most of the muzzle loaders you can get sent directly to your door 50 cal?
Oh, wait. It’s to control their followers.