By Tommy Vaughn
Although many pander to Tea-Party types and claim to be gun-toting, ten-gallon hat wearing "True Texans," the 83rd Texas legislature nearly unanimously voted to create a new law in violation of the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution. SB 1189 authorizes the police to seize any and all firearms from someone who the cop thinks is "mentally ill." The law gives an individual cop almost complete discretion to subjectively decide whether or not someone is "mentally ill." In fact, the law does not even require that the cop even observe anything that would lead him to believe that someone is "mentally ill." The police can take away someone's firearms just on the basis of "a representation of a credible person." So if I'm a liberal gun-grabber and it irks me that my neighbor has the audacity to take it upon himself the responsibility of protecting his family and property, then I can call up my good buddy, Officer 82nd Airborne, and represent any number of allegations to prove my neighbor's mentally ill. After all he waters his lawn twice a week, rather than once, violating the law (isn't he worried about the aquifer); he drives a SUV (isn't he worried about the environment); and he homeschools his children (he must be a religious nut, or worse an individualist), surely that's proof that something is wrong upstairs. Next thing you know, Officer 82nd Airborne, along with other "heroes" donning body armor, shields, and rifles will bust down neighbor's door and take his guns, and here's the beauty of it all, without a warrant. The law doesn't even require that a person is accused of committing any crime at all, only that they "may be a danger to themselves or others." This law unanimously passed the Senate and only one brave House Representative, David Simpson of Longview, voted against it. Also supporting the law were: Bexar County District Attorney, Susan Reed; the San Antonio Police Department; the Austin Police Department; and Rick Perry. Next time you see or hear your State Senator or Representative claim they support the 2nd Amendment, call them on their BS.
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