Rep. Mike Johnson on Red Flag Laws: ‘Due Process After the Fact Is No Due Process at All’ Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) accused Democrats of not being truthful about the real impact of red flag laws on mass shootings, and he warned Thursday that despite assertions that they are temporary, they can be renewed indefinitely and would place people’s names in the National Crime Databases who committed no crime.
The congressman said in a speech on the House floor that red flag laws deny people the right to appear in court to defend themselves before guns are taken away. He also said that such laws have “no significant effect on the rates of murder, suicide, or the number of people killed in mass shootings.”
You know we’ve heard some revealing things this week. It was just a few moments ago our colleague from Tennessee Mr. Cohen lectured us that the Old Testament doesn’t mention the word guns and so we shouldn’t claim that this is a fundamental freedom. You know as usual, he misunderstands the point of scripture and the Constitution.
Here’s the thing. As Americans, we respect and we protect the inalienable God-given right to self-protection and to the protection of innocent lives around us. President Biden said among other outrageous things this week we’ve heard, President Biden said he wanted to ban .9 millimeter handguns. That’s one of the most widely owned handguns by law-abiding citizens in this country.........
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