https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/atomwaffen-kaleb-cole.htmlSeattle officials used a new Red Flag law to raid the house of an Atomwaffen Division leader a few weeks ago and seize all his guns.
They had no complaint or threat reported from any individual as cause, and the city officials themselves filed the red flag order and seized weapons on the same day, based solely on his political speech and association. No charges were ever filed against him, no evidence he broke any laws. Their court order cited that he "
identified himself as an Atomwaffen member who had fascist ideology and that he had been carrying the group’s flag".
Under this red flag law, there's no due process, no right to an attorney, no way to recoup lawyer's costs even if you successfully defend yourself, no right to face your accuser, the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove his innocence and you only get a single hearing that takes place after the sentence is carried out, with no means to appeal and no jury of your peers. The 'one year seizure' can be renewed indefinitely to deprive you of your rights for the rest of your life.
This marks the first known case where a red flag law has been filed by the government solely on the basis of someone's ideology. A bit like skipping straight from banning Huckleberry Finn to throwing Solzhenitsyn into the Gulag
Will this wind up a test for society, or will we plow right over it and accept it as the new norm?