Red Flags and False Reports

If anyone reports a person under Red Flag law and after the police arrive unannounced and forcibly remove the target's firearms that targeted person is found to have been lawfully in possession of those weapons and no danger to the community that would justify a court order depriving them of their right to bear arms then the person who made the Red Flag call should face a charge for attempted murder by use of the police as a deadly force proxy. If any person is injured or killed in the forcible entry precipitated by the Red Flag call then the caller should be charged with Assault or Murder.

My expectation is that we soon see a wave of calls sending the police to the homes of Conservatives after unfounded and malicious reports of Domestic Abuse, copycatting the call that was made to then prospective Prime Minister Boris Johnson's house in England, as well as false reports of Child Abuse or Racial or Sexual misconduct framed so as to drive people out of the public square and out of business.

Actions must have Consequences.

If you really believe that you know that someone is a danger to yourself or other human beings, especially to minors or others not competent to act alone, then go to the police and share your reasons. If you make a convincing argument, not just saying "Those evil people cook dead flesh on their bar-b-que, have a Trump sign, and post hunting pics on social media," then the police may act. If they have grounds to go to the District Attorney and the DA feels there are grounds to get a court order then a hearing should be scheduled in a court of law. In that case a police officer can come during the day to knock on the door and invite the target to come down to the office and bring a lawyer. In that case if there are no grounds found to remove the weapons then no one is hurt, except in the wallet to pay for that lawyer. The neighbors may not like each other but unless there is more harassment that should be the end of it. If the police are lead to believe that there are reasons to believe that a no notice forcible entry is needed then if it turns out the neighbor was right, there was a meth lab in that basement and those people were crazy dangerous, then well done to the good citizen who made that call. If on the other hand there was no good reason to cut out the due process of law and instead opt for the emergency response then the false or exaggerated report should be treated as a criminal act.

The language shielding a person making a charge based on their personal feelings rather than on objective evidence mirrors that of campus or workplace sexual or racial and other protected category hostile environment complaint proceedings, that are themselves ripe for abuse in soliciting false charges. If right now someone posted an article on Salon or a similar Left wing site stating that it is impossible to feel safe if those who identify as cisgender heteronormative white males have access to firearms then I predict that would be taken seriously, it would gain thousands of "Likes" and Shares, and celebrities and politicians would repeat the argument.