The Alaska Democrats’ latest attempt to seize firearms comes with House Bill 89, introduced by Reps. Andy Josephson of Anchorage and Sara Hannan of Juneau. It will be heard in the House State Affairs Committee on Thursday at 3:13 pm.
HB 89 would implement a law that permits the government to seize firearms based on vague standards of evidence.
The state could implement ex-parte hearings to take away a citizen’s Second Amendment rights without due process, NRA says. The individuals would then bear the burden of having to petition the court for the return of their property once the order has been vacated, adding cost to the citizen to get property back from seizure.
The State Affairs Committee is chaired by Rep. Ashley Carrick of Fairbanks, who is in favor of stricter gun control, as was her former boss, former Rep. Adam Wool, who introduced gun control laws.
The bill is opposed by the NRA and Gun Owners of America, and the courts are less supportive of taking the guns away from people who haven’t been convicted of anything. In divorce situations, red flag laws are often used as threats against men by the women in the divorce. Lawyers leverage the fear factor against men, forcing them to agree to settlements demanded by their soon-to-be ex-wives.
There are two committees of referral, State Affairs and Judiciary. To date, there are no fiscal notes, amendments, or sponsor statements associated with the bill, which most Republicans will oppose due to the infringement on Alaskans’ rights to bear arms.
Never, ever, ever, vote for a Democrat or Independent, Never, never ever.
Repeat, Never Ever!
Wow such a very convincing argument!!
Touché
Wow such a very convincing rebuttal!!
What in the heck has happen to the free state of Alaska! This sure isn’t the free state I came to 57 years ago. It seems the Marxist Socialists are everywhere. All these Democrats seem to be able to think about is how they can take over control of everyone’s lives.
I agree Donald. I came up in 78 and I have seen so many of our rights being wittled away. I grew up in a very conservative region of northern Idaho. But in the late 70’s liberals started showing up escaping places like California & Washington. The same started happening here in the mid to late 80’s. I escaped Anchorage in the mid 80’s for the valley. Our demographics are quickly changing out here with people escaping Anchorage. The best way to slow this down is stay informed and vote.
Alaska is the last state in the way of west coast domination. We’ve been in the crosshairs for some time now.
Once again the Communist left is trying to disarm law abiding Americans!!! All I can say is “FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!”
Self defense is antithetical to the Progressive faith. You are undermining the religions credibility by challenging its authority to maintain law and order. Progressives believe the state is tantamount to God. And you are mocking god, when you question state authority. Progressives will trade your success as a gun owner for the failure of a criminal. The Progressive religion is a faith based on human sacrifice. Again, and again, success must bow before failure and give up its sovereignty in the name of Progressive authority. Amen.
Instead of worrying about what law-abiding Alaska citizens are doing with their firearms why not tighten up laws related to firearm theft in Alaska? Instead of giving meth heads and others who are involved in serial home break ins which often result in firearm theft, a wrist slap, actually incarcerate these people in pretrial and after conviction, give them a real sentence instead of an ankle bracelet.
Would implement a law that permits the government to seize firearms, That’s funny Democraps really do have their heads up their , Well you know where
They just can’t help themselves in the destruction of Alaska. Pretty soon there will be only homeless people left.
Feel good in name only. Good for them if it does that, what’s the penalty if one has a rainy day gun stash? NOTHING. so stupid.
How much longer are we going to put up with the Wokeness of the democrats in Alaska. They do not care about the rights to protect your family when law enforcement is hours away from your home.
Come try Andy looking forward to it.
Rep. Ashley Carrick’s former boss, Adam Wool, the politician who favored gun control, but ran a bar for 30-years and put hundreds and hundreds of drunk drivers out on the Parks Hiway after midnight. So, what else did you learn from your former boss, Ashley?
The Democrats are in a hurry to implement their leftist policies, since they got seven “republican” traitors to join the corrupt majority in Juneau. We are losing the Alaska I was born in back in 1952. We are basically a one party state, since we haven’t heard one word from the useless republican state “leadership”. This is a sad time for the people of Alaska.
Agree. 1951, regret statehood now.
Agree 100%
Do they understand tha red flag laws were deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court a few years back?
A precedent was set in the Caniglia vs Strom ruling but it did not adequately in a binding manner rule on the unconstitutionality of red flag laws specifically. That is why states continue trying to pass them.
Never vote democrat, all they want is implement the socialism and take away our freedom, why ppl is so blind and keep voting them into the office, they want to turn america into venezuela or cuba
Looks like we have some volunteers to go moose hunting with Mary this fall.
Red flag laws are scary. Guilty until you try to prove your innocence. Good luck with that.
Don’t vote on a dominion machine unless you expect to be dominated. The minions who managed this computer have 6 ways to Sunday too mess with the vote. There are only 50 states and it doesn’t take many minions to work every state. We had a lost a couple of great conservatives who were fighting in Juneau during the last election.
Meanwhile your Orange Jesus cowers in the White House like the Coward he is as the as predictable as the sun rises in the East Republican recession barrels towards us yet again. But yeah Red Flag law, keep the peasants distracted at all cost
RINO, dude, get some professional help and SOON!
Like a mad dawg, your barking and incessant growling about DJT is indicative of a deeper mental and spiritual problem.
I’m certain that many of the MRAK family are praying for you. Git a grip , and quick !
I guess you don’t like facts. Save your prayers.
Cowers in the White House. That may be the dumbest thing you have ever said and and Rino you have said plenty of ignorant lies
Whines like a little girl dog is what I meant.
Here’s an experiment.
How about you pop onto MRAK and tell us all about how wonderful the Democrats are, and how a President Harris would be doing so much better, instead of just disparaging President Trump.
Bet you can’t manage that.
Is mental illness a red flag?
Is thinking you are a different gender from what your genitals say you are, a mental disorder ( no need to answer that)
We retired to Alaska, happy to leave a blue-run crap hole state (that was once bright red like AK before the Democrats destroyed it). It started with red flag laws and has only gotten worse since we left. The GOP in the state we left thought crossing the aisle was a good thing and look where it got them. The AK GOP better be on top of the left who have invaded this state if they want Alaska to remain red.
The Liberal Marxists are nibbling away at the edges, corners & gaps all over Alaska. They get their money from the Soros funded Arabella & 1630 Funds, dark money. If the money were to dry up, the agenda would be over. Nevertheless, these people call Dark Money : “democracy”.
Woke means that you care about others. No wonder MAGA can’t stand it.
Nice euphemism. However the woke have already shown they don’t actually care about others, they only care to be seen as virtuous.
Sure, there are those with genuine empathy and that do serve their fellow man, but you don’t see them posting on social media for clout and to enforce their political agenda.
Also, MAGA means to Make America Great Again. No wonder Whidbey doesn’t like it.
See how that works Dog?
You make it too easy. That is why Maga is in power. You are powerless and nothing you say or do will change that.
Keep doing what you do. For we shall not interrupt the enemy as it is in the process of defeating itself.
Toast!
No woke means you support communistic/fascist ideals and tyrannical idealogy. The whole world sees the woke left as the real nazis they are. It’s only the woke that believe they are caring and loving as they shut down free speech, promote violence against their political opposition, cancel elections (like in the EU), promote racist ideology in the form of communistic equity policies, and engage in color revolution, rules for radicals type tactics of oppression. If you are woke just tattoo a swastika on your face because that’s what you actually represent as you psychologically project your tyrannical ideology and behavior at your political opponents. And everyone knows it now in the world except for the ignorant woke crowd. The woke crowd are the most the most misinformed hate filled people I have ever encountered as they point fingers at everyone else but themselves. They pave the road to hell with their so called “good intentions.”If you identify as woke, take a good long hard look in the mirror when you want to point blame and shame. The problem starts with you. Because at the end of the day you are aren’t liberal or loving your just mind controlled by a mass propaganda campaign run by corporate masters teaching you to hate so that we never come together to go against the actual problems facing humanity. As long as we the people stay divided through culture and ideology the powers to be will be able walk all over us. Wake up, stand up, and think for yourself! Woke is a lie!
AMEN, THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
No it does not.
Woke may have the “intention” of caring about others, but the reality is it taxes others and uses those funds for things the taxed did not want. And woke cares so much the restrict the freedom of others to make their own choices. And woke places the feelings of the few before the needs of the many.
.
If woke people actually cared about others, they would… do it themselves. But, instead, they insist the government step in and force others to do what the woke want.
The only red flag laws that need to be applied are to those who fly the broken rainbow flag. Trans people are much more likely to have suicidal inclinations, so we should not let them have any tools that could make that outcome easier for them. They should have to suffer in the physical form like the rest of us.
Anchorage/Alaska if you don’t purge the woke left then this will be califorku. People as a whole the republicans or people in general need to vote this woke agenda out, you know who they are but you keep putting them back in power. We as a state need to come together like America did and get this crap out, they are destroying us from within. No matter as a people black, native, white whatever we need to save this state from the woke BS that is being shoved down our throats. Wake up before it’s to late.
Woke = Dope = Democrat = RINO = CCP = RCV = Lisa Murkowski = Alaska’s demise = the opposite of MAGA…!!
Democrats view gun owners as Barney Fife types. The officials of the Democrat party are exactly those types when it comes to guns, but they are deluded to think that forcing law abiding citizens to submit to their delusions will benefit anyone.
They’re creating a database of Americans who support the 2nd Amendment so that the deluded ‘Officials’ can extort them, that’s what these criminal ‘officials’ are really doing!