Opinion
BELLEVUE, WA – -(AmmoLand.com)- The anonymous whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump now being used by Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry is tantamount to a “red flag” action against a gun owner, with the accused being presumed guilty until he or she can prove their innocence, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
“The lynch mob mentality now being exhibited by Capitol Hill Democrats is the same kind of rush-to-judgment thinking that courts and prosecutors use to rationalize seizing someone’s firearms, while throwing due process under the nearest bus,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.
“Far-left House Democrats, who have wanted to remove the duly-elected president from office since the 2016 election are treating this anonymous complaint like gospel, virtually the same way the legal system treats a so-called ‘red flag’ complaint against a gun owner.
“Completely absent from this political circus act is anything close to skepticism,” he continued. “There’s a transcript of a telephone call between Trump and the Ukrainian president which Trump’s detractors read one way and his supporters read another way, and that’s about it. At least the president has the advantage of knowing there’s been a complaint filed, but in the case of a ‘red flag’ allegation, the gun owner typically doesn’t know a thing until police come knocking on the door. In either case, neither the president or an affected gun owner has had the opportunity to face their accuser.
“Many people are convinced that the president’s case amounts to political theatrics,” Gottlieb said. “However, there are no theatrics involved when a private citizen’s property is seized. As we saw last year in Maryland, a gun owner was served and something went wrong, and that person was shot dead inside his own front door.
“We’re not sure how this drama will play out against President Trump,” he noted, “but we do know that anytime an anonymous complaint can be used to launch something as serious as an impeachment inquiry, by the same people who are pushing ‘red flag’ laws against gun owners, it’s time to seriously re-think both processes.
“If this can happen to a president,” Gottlieb observed, “how long will it be before a ‘red flag’ case can be launched on the basis of an anonymous complaint? Step-by-step, it appears we’re getting closer to the kind of government the Second Amendment was designed to protect us against, and that’s alarming.”
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
Trump was ready for this. He had the President of Ukraine on hand to deny the allegations on live TV “I was not pressured” and released the transcripts of the phone call in question after ordering them declassified. This is nothing but RussiaRussiaRussia 2.0 and it too will fail. But yeah, this is just like a red flag, and the media and Demorats will be sure to hype the guilty till proven innocent angle right up to the moment this blows up in their faces. Did you know, for example, that Joe Biden bragged about doing this as VP what… Read more »
I wonder if Trump enjoys a new found respect for Due Process,that in his own words he would have denied citizens who avail themselves of their 2 nd. amendment right.
Everyone deserves their right to due process no matter the allegation as all Red Flag laws are un Constitutional
Gun owners need to flood the white House with letters, faxes and all other means to point out to Trump that this is EXACTLY what happens to those whom Red-Flag laws are aimed at – no due process; no chance to face the accuser. Now that he’s in the hot seat, complaining about not being able to face the accuser, he ought to rethink supporting ERPO’s.
So the possible answers and choices here would be: 1) Stay home and don’t vote, so that we can show the the ONE and ONLY U.S. President we have had in the past 50 years who has openly spoken in favor of the 2nd Amendment that “we are not happy about this” Result = some Socialist-Communist-wannabe-Democratist gets elected with the foreseeable consequences. 2) Vote for one of the “RINO” (Republican in name only) “candidates” that want to return to the old ways and tell all of us what they know better what is good for us, they are going to… Read more »
Contact the White House at www dot whitehouse dot gov/contact/, Let the POTUS know what’s happening to Him now is Equivalent to ‘Red Flag’ Laws on a Gun Owner.
I hope someone sents Trump this article so he can see exactly how Red Flag laws can be abused.