If someone you know (or don't) thinks you might be a danger to yourself, they can go to the court and very compassionately have you surrender all your firearms.
But don't worry. Frivolous petitions will get the party a fine of $1000.
Archive Link:
https://archive.md/EeSm5 - H.R.2377 - Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
theBreadSultan 0 points 3.5 years ago
first up -not my country not my laws, but i bave read the law :
Writing shit on a website is unlikely to warrant a win for the applicant. The threat will need to be specific (and obviously credible) against a person, or yourself.
"I wanna kill all insert group" isn't going to cut it.
The burden of proof varies between the temporary and long term orders. The burden of proof to obtain the temporary order is actually quite low, and the judgement is based on "the balance of probabilities", which is a much lower threshold than "beyond reasonable doubt" - and also, you don't get to defend yourself.
for the longer term order, the process seems a bit more robust.
basically it comes down to this:
When they cone with a temp order, if you kick off and act nutty, there is the proof they need to make it long term. If you are calm and cool, there is your evidence that its bs.
I can see what they were going for, nust be really frustrating if your "uncle bob" who lives oyt of state tells you he is gonna kill himself, and when you call his local police dept there is nothing they can do....
But it's a bad solution, and a badly written law that has been poorly thought out.