Rep. Jordan Slams Red Flag Bill: 'You Will Be Guilty Without Doing Anything Wrong' The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed a "red flag" bill along with two other gun control bills, sending them for further action by the Democrat-controlled House.
The red flag bill, or "extreme risk protection order," raised due-process concerns among Republicans, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who warned that the bill would make people "guilty" before they do anything wrong.
If the House Judiciary (Committee) passes this bill today, we will have changed a fundamental and sacred principle in this country. In America, you are innocent until proven guilty, until today.
If we pass this bill today, we are going to invert the standard that says you are guilty until proven innocent. And you will be guilty without doing anything wrong.
Under this bill, you are guilty without doing anything wrong simply because someone thinks you might do something wrong. And who's this "someone" under this bill who can petition a court to take away your Second Amendment liberties? Who's the "someone" defined under this bill?
Jordan pointed to page 13 of the bill, which defines that "someone" as a "family or household member." The bill further defines "household member" as "an individual who resides or who has resided with the respondent during the past year."
"A roommate who hung out with you for one month last year can go petition a court to take away your Second Amendment liberties," Jordan continued.
Some roommate, maybe didn't like you; someone who thought you were a slob, whatever, can go petition the court to take away your fundamental right without you doing anything wrong.
And oh guess what? Guess what! When they go into court to take away your fundamental liberty -- even though you haven't done anything, committed no crime -- guess what,
you don't even get to be there. You don't even get to defend yourself. That's exactly what this bill does................
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