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WA: I-1491 Would Allow Temporary Suspension of Firearms Access
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The citizen sponsor of Washington state ballot Initiative 1491 believes her son and daughter would still be alive if "extreme-risk protection orders" had been legal two years ago. When Marilyn Balcerak's mentally ill son became increasingly violent and potentially suicidal, she repeatedly asked the police how she could keep guns out of his hands. She was told she could get a restraining order or wait until he committed a felony, which would make it illegal to buy a firearm. |
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This is pure baloney. The mother said she was 'powerless' to stop him.
I call BS. In every state in this country, there is due process available to have violent mentally deranged people adjuducated a danger to themselves and others, and to have them involuntarily committed.
I feel sorry for her heartache, but the means was there and she could have availed herself of it.
She was NOT 'powerless', at all. |
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