Police One – by Josh Richman, The Oakland Tribune
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers reacted to the Santa Barbara shooting by announcing plans Tuesday for a bill to create a “gun violence restraining order.”
The bill would establish a system in which concerned relatives, intimate partners or friends can notify police about someone showing a propensity toward violence, so police can investigate and seek a judge’s order to seize that person’s firearms and prevent any purchases.
Current law lets that process start only when therapists notify police that a client is at risk of committing a violent act. Family members can call police, but if no crime has been committed and the individual doesn’t meet criteria for an involuntary civil commitment to mental health treatment, there isn’t anything police can do about that person’s firearms.
“When someone is in crisis, the people closest to them are often the first to spot the warning signs,” Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, said in a news release. “Parents, like the mother who tried to intervene, deserve an effective tool they can act on to help prevent these tragedies.”
Skinner will co-author the bill with Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, and state Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara.
“The tragic incident in my hometown of Isla Vista is not a result of gun laws failing,” Williams said. “Rather, it is a horrific example of how our mental health laws and gun control laws are not working together.”
Also, state Senate Democrats will present a package of mental health policy and budget proposals Wednesday in Sacramento “to address mental healthcare within California’s criminal justice system, recidivism and public safety,” according to a release from Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s office. “The package includes a proposal to strengthen and apply statewide protocols to help frontline law enforcement identify signs of mental illness.”
Copyright 2014 The Oakland Tribune
Something better get started soon, because it looks to me as if they’re embarking upon a new disarmament policy that will attack all political enemies individually.
“… concerned relatives, intimate partners or friends can notify police about someone showing a propensity toward violence…”
This means any nosy neighbor that doesn’t like you can call the cops and say “I think he’s violent” and bingo — the cops will arrive to seize all weapons. And you can bet they’ll devote all their available manpower to this effort too.
As soon as you raise your voice in anger to anyone, expect the cops to show up and take all your weapons. And of course, they can just as easily show up and claim someone’s worried about you being violent, even if no one really does complain.
As soon as this bill is passed, expect a nation-wide gun grab to begin.
“As soon as this bill is passed, expect a nation-wide gun grab to begin”. You’re absolutely correct, JR!
Give them an inch, and they’ll surely take 10 miles! Liberal politicians and spineless others will grab this ball and run for a touchdown.
Thought crimes are going to become a reality very soon, and our USA is quickly becoming a cesspool of tyranny! Orwell’s 1984 will soon look like a walk in the park compared to what the USA is morphing into!
We need to fight back NOW!