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And for your latest dose of NRA/gun rights outrage... -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Mar 18 '13, 13:13

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/us/facing-protective-orders-and-allowed-to-keep-guns.html?pagewanted=all (www.nytimes.com)

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- I don't know. It still seems backwards because the risk to a valid claimant of an OFP far outweighs the risks to the invalid victim of a wrongful OFP - pmb Mar 18, 13:45 5
  - Let the wronged party prove they were wronged? - Stephen Mar 18, 13:48 4
    - Isn't that what the judge issuing the Protective Order in the first place is supposed to do? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:57 2
      - In theory, yes. In practice though, far too often, that's not what happens. - Stephen Mar 18, 14:06 1
        
        It is an inexact science to be sure, but the judge should be making a reasoned decision to issue the order in the first place. I've suggested the - pmb Mar 18, 14:11
    - isn't that the point of getting the order of protection in the first place? -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 13:54
- and how often is that (because I honestly don't know)? - znufrii Mar 18, 13:38 2
  - Let's get a little due process *before* the state starts confiscating property. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 13:46 1
    - Oh come on Vermin, it's not like it's an important right... - Stephen Mar 18, 13:49
Eh, I don't like that idea. Disarmed when someone gets a protective order on you? Not enough. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 13:20 4
- anybody douchy enough to smack their life partner probably has lots of others they've been ahole to and need protection from -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 13:26 3
  - "Your Honor, he raised his voice at me." "Order of Protection Granted" -- nm - Stephen Mar 18, 13:38 2
    - Seriously? -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 13:40 1
      - Only semi-facetious there. - Stephen Mar 18, 13:51

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