Simon Berrio

ITL. Now and forever. Not a recommendation, just do it. Red flag laws are widely abused in every state that has enacted them. Polk County, FL, and their blowhard Sheriff Grady Judd are a good one to look at for numbers. The Fl Gun Owners of America rep(Luis Flores) has mentioned them and likely has partial data there. It's ugly and not a good thing for Americans. The penalties for false allegations, both in this bill and elsewhere do not prevent false reports from being filed. Furthermore, it is disgusting how giddy the sponsors are about removing someone's rights that day or the next with no ability to defend themself. Then, when the victim(the person whose rights have been revoked) wants their rights back, the court is going to schedule sometime in the next couple weeks. Each and every one of the sponsors should be ashamed for how carelessly they seek to treat the rights of citizens of this state. Then you have the fact that it costs no money to file a red flag request, but it will cost the victim money to retrieve his or her property after it became unfounded? In what world does that make sense? From the bill: "The law enforcement agency may charge the respondent a reasonable fee for the storage of any firearms and ammunition taken surrendered or seized to an extreme risk protection order." On the property storage subject, and as evidenced by the Manchester, NH PD displaying their evidence room on a Facebook reel and seeing their disregard for valuable firearms, it is clear the police have no care for the value of personal property that has been seized without a hearing. If the largest PD in the state publicly displays their disregard for property and their limited capacity, how will the smaller departments or NHSP treat them? Some of my firearms are well over 100 years old and in a specific condition which affects their value. Tossed in someone's trunk and stuffed in a trash can or a hanging bag bouncing off other property will cost me or my descendants money with the damage these items receive. Finally, this bill puts a lot of trust in the court. We have a convicted criminal on the New Hampshire Supreme Court. How much trust should the average citizen have in the courts with this?