New York gun permit revocation/confiscation

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11 Apr 2013, 12:31 pm

A FORM OF GUN CONFISCATION HAS REPORTEDLY BEGUN IN NEW YORK STATE — HERE’S THE JUSTIFICATION BEING USED
A form of gun confiscation has reportedly begun in New York State - Here's the justification being used.

Compete Article.

"Gun owners are losing their 2nd Amendment rights without due process.
HIPAA Laws are likely being compromised and the 4th and 5th Amendments are being violated in some of these cases
How did confiscation start happening so quickly? Apparently the gun grabbing was triggered by something inside the NY SAFE Act — New York’s new gun law — that has a provision apparently mandating confiscation of weapons and permits if someone has been prescribed psychotropic drugs."


It stinks and will set a precedence if it is allowed to continue.


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11 Apr 2013, 12:46 pm

So far what we have is an anecdotal case.

If the legislation is so broad that it mandates a withdrawal of permits for any prescription of a psychotrope at any time, then I would suggest that such a provision is unsupportably broad, and not connected to a legitimate purpose.

On the other hand, if the legislation is limited to current prescriptions of prescribed psychotropes, then it might be defensible. (It still depends on which psychotropes, of course).

I don't know whether this is a case of bad law, or bad administration. Hopefully, it is the latter.


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