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    Default Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Ecclesiastes 10:2 ...........

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    "“If an individual’s made threats, if an individual has been volatile, destroyed property, if he's harmed animals, if he has a history of assaultive behavior, it’s evidence a judge can use for an ERPO,” said Anne Levinson, a retired Seattle Municipal Court Judge was instrumental in getting Ellie’s Place up and running."

    A bit sexist, no?

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    “If an individual’s made threats, if an individual has been volatile, destroyed property, if he's harmed animals, if he has a history of assaultive behavior, it’s evidence a judge can use for an ERPO,”

    Does this include Hunters? They most certainly harm animals.

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    Wonder what's next? Maybe something modeled on the Jamaican Gun Court?

    Murder rates in Jamaica climbed five times since the introduction of Gun Court.

    The Gun Court is the branch of the Jamaican judicial system that tries criminal cases involving firearms. The Court was established by Parliament in 1974 to combat rising gun violence, and empowered to try suspects in camera, without a jury. The Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and Resident Magistrate's Courts function as Gun Courts whenever they hear firearms cases. There is also a Western Regional Gun Court in Montego Bay. Those convicted by the Gun Court are imprisoned in a dedicated prison compound at South Camp in Kingston. Until 1999, the Gun Court sessions were also held in the same facility.

    The long sentences of the Gun Court and its restrictions on the rights of the accused have given rise to constitutional challenges, some of which have been appealed to the Privy Council in London. These cases have resulted in some modifications to the court, but have upheld it on the whole. The Gun Court system has also been the target of criticism because of its lengthy delay in hearing cases, and the continuing rise in gun violence since its adoption.

    Although the Gun Court was intended to expedite cases, bringing defendants to trial within seven days,[17] defendants now often wait several years. The backlog was nearing 1000 cases in 1998,[17] and in the 2003-2004 court year, the High Court division carried forward 3,367 cases already on the docket, added 613 new cases, and concluded 462.[15] Senior Resident Magistrate Glenn Brown expressed dissatisfaction with the public prosecutors for taking too long to prepare cases, often because of difficulty in finding and bringing witnesses. Brown noted that "Seventy per cent of the persons who are before the courts have been here for an inordinately long period of time - three to four years."[24]

    The Gun Court system has been put forth by gun ownership advocates as an example of a failed regime of gun control. In an essay in the National Review in 2001, Dave Kopel argued that "[t]he Gun Court took guns only out of the hands of Jamaica's law-abiding, leaving them at the mercy of the criminals and the state."[25] John R. Lott has argued that "gun-control laws have failed to deliver as promised," noting that the murder rate in Jamaica was lower before the introduction of stricter gun control: it rose from 11.5 to 19.5 per 100,000 between 1973 and 1977, and reached 41.7 per 100,000 in 1980.[26] By 2007 the rate had risen to 1,574 murders in the calendar year, or 59 per 100,000 inhabitants.[27]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Court

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    Default Re: Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Quote Originally Posted by GeneCC View Post
    “If an individual’s made threats, if an individual has been volatile, destroyed property, if he's harmed animals, if he has a history of assaultive behavior, it’s evidence a judge can use for an ERPO,”

    Does this include Hunters? They most certainly harm animals.
    What about the gangbangers who are running all over Seatle?
    There are no pacts between lions and men.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krichardson View Post
    What about the gangbangers who are running all over Seatle?
    That is merely cultural expression.

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    Default Re: Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Quote Originally Posted by GeneCC View Post
    “If an individual’s made threats, if an individual has been volatile, destroyed property, if he's harmed animals, if he has a history of assaultive behavior, it’s evidence a judge can use for an ERPO,”

    Does this include Hunters? They most certainly harm animals.
    I have several canisters of Raid in my basement and I really hate ants. High capacity canisters too.
    Let's not forget there are still species of tropical penguins living in the Galapagos.

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    Default Re: Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Quote Originally Posted by GeneCC View Post
    Does this include Hunters? They most certainly harm animals.

    I think there is somewhat of a line between humanely harvesting an animal for food and sticking a cat in a microwave.

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    Default Re: Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Quote Originally Posted by spartakis252 View Post
    I think there is somewhat of a line between humanely harvesting an animal for food and sticking a cat in a microwave.
    Not according to PETA.
    Rules are written in the stone,
    Break the rules and you get no bones,
    all you get is ridicule, laughter,
    and a trip to the house of pain.

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    Default Re: Gun Confiscation Center Opens In Seattle

    Quote Originally Posted by streaker69 View Post
    Not according to PETA.
    Hey, PETA - my food shits on your food!

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