Welcome to the private free-market Stasi.
You can try to opt out by not using Facebook or Ring cameras, but your friends and neighbors opt you in without your permission.
You can try to opt out by not using Facebook or Ring cameras, but your friends and neighbors opt you in without your permission.
Both sides of the political spectrum are enabling different portions of this pattern.
Red flag laws are mostly used to prevent suicides and domestic violence. They are formal proceedings and due process of law. If the problem is with the law, organize and change it.
They have led to the death of one man in Maryland [0] and an erroneous confiscation of one man in Florida [1] so far.
[0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maryland-officers-serving-red-f...
[1]: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/08/19/red-fla...
Yeah, family members said he wouldn't hurt anyone. It's very common for family members to side with abusers over victims.
The second, however, is the sort of problem that plague red flag laws.
A number of states involve no due-process prior to confiscation and require you to hire an attorney and file suit if your initial request for return of property are denied.
Having been "red flagged" by a vindictive ex, and in a "Red State" too boot, this is no joke.
Did you know the Stasi was the largest spy organization in modern history? More than 50,000 people worked for them. In a group of 12 people, two to three are often informants.