Having crystal balls, Conn. cops grab 1,700 guns BEFORE any crime is commited

[wacki]

A new report to the Connecticut state legislature shows police have used the state's unique gun seizure law to confiscate more than 1,700 firearms from citizens based on suspicion that the gun owners might harm themselves or others.
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"It certainly has not been abused. It may be underutilized," Ron Pinciaro, co-executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, told the Waterbury Republican American. "The bottom line from our perspective is, it may very well have saved lives."

Sources:
CNN:Connecticut allowing police to seize firearms from potential criminals
http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/02/gun.seizures/
World Net Daily:State: Just in case, we'll take your gun
Cops allowed to seize firearms even before crime is committed
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71435

 

[exar]

based on suspicion that the gun owners might harm themselves or others.

it may very well have saved lives."

That's an awful lot of "what if's?" considering people's civil rights could be getting violated.

July 2, 1999
Web posted at: 7:41 p.m. EDT (2341 GMT)

From Correspondent Frank Buckley

That first article appears dated. However, the second one doing the follow up nearly a decade later just shows how actively the antis are when it comes to beating a dead horse. It looks like after Heller they really got their panties in a wad up there and are grasping at straws if they're going to dig crap legislation like that up.

 

[Jeff White]

Duplicate: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=382758