Red Flag laws, also called “Gun Violence Restraining Orders” and “Extreme Risk Protection Orders”, are gun-confiscation laws disguised as “gun-violence prevention” laws that are being pushed hard at both the state and federal levels. The stated goal of such a law is “to prevent a person from harming themselves or others.” The law does no such thing! Such laws violate many of our Constitutional protections and are fraught with problems: As further proof that Red Flag laws are not meant to save lives, but to simply confiscate guns, ask yourself this: “If a person is ‘too dangerous’ to own a gun, then why is that person left unsupervised and walking around with the rest of us? Can’t that ‘dangerous’ person still commit suicide or harm others if they have the opportunity?” AMERICANS ARE INTENTIONALLY NOT BEING TOLD OF THE SERIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WITH RED FLAG LAWS. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. RED FLAG LAWS: WRONG FOR FREEDOM. No notice is given until police show up at your door, pre-dawn, with guns drawn— a dangerous situation for everyone involved; Violates your right to due process prior to confiscation; You are presumed to be dangerous until you prove that you’re not; Confiscation is based on someone’s word—NO PROOF IS NECESSARY; Your accuser’s identity is kept secret, violating your right to confront your accuser, while opening the door to rampant abuse and continual harassment of the accused; You lose even if you win. You’ll spend thousands of dollars in legal fees and it will likely impact your reputation and employment; Your guns may be damaged or even destroyed; There is no protection from repeated “red flag” confiscations. ACTION ALERT “Red Flag” laws are to our liberty! DANGEROUS V C D L . O R G V I R G I N I A C I T I Z E N S D E F E N S E L E A G U E Virginia Cizens Defense League For more information: VCDL.org/RedFlag • [email protected] • (804) 639-0600 PO Box 513, Newington VA 22122

“Red Flag” laws are DANGEROUSAs further proof that Red Flag laws are not meant to save lives, but to simply confiscate guns, ask yourself this: “If a person is ‘too dangerous’

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Page 1: “Red Flag” laws are DANGEROUSAs further proof that Red Flag laws are not meant to save lives, but to simply confiscate guns, ask yourself this: “If a person is ‘too dangerous’

The stated goal of such a law is “to prevent a person from harming themselves or others.” The law does no such thing! Such laws violate many of our Constitutional protections and are fraught with problems:

As further proof that Red Flag laws are not meant to save lives, but to simply confiscate guns, ask yourself this: “If a person is ‘too dangerous’ to own a gun, then why is that person leftunsupervised and walking around with the rest of us? Can’t that ‘dangerous’ person still commit suicide or harm others if they have the opportunity?”

AMERICANS ARE INTENTIONALLY NOT BEING TOLD OF THE SERIOUSCONSTITUTIONAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WITH RED FLAG LAWS. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW BEFORE IT ISTOO LATE. RED FLAG LAWS: WRONG FOR FREEDOM.

No notice is given until police show up at your door, pre-dawn, with guns drawn—a dangerous situation for everyone involved;Violates your right to due process prior to confiscation;You are presumed to be dangerous until you prove that you’re not;Confiscation is based on someone’s word—NO PROOF IS NECESSARY;Your accuser’s identity is kept secret, violating your right to confront your accuser, while opening the door to rampant abuse and continual harassment of the accused;You lose even if you win. You’ll spend thousands of dollars in legal fees and it will likely impact your reputation and employment;Your guns may be damaged or even destroyed;There is no protection from repeated “red flag” confiscations.

ACTION ALERT“Red Flag” laws are

to our liberty!DANGEROUS

VCDL.ORG

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ITIZENS DEFENSE LEAG

Virginia Citizens Defense LeagueFor more information:

VCDL.org/RedFlag • [email protected] • (804) 639-0600 PO Box 513, Newington VA 22122