{"id":76815,"date":"2021-02-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76815"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:53:19","slug":"poster-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76815","title":{"rendered":"Poster Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He had a lengthy series of convictions, many of them disqualifying him from holding, much less owning or buying firearms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He was in violation of an order for protection – itself a crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had a history of same:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gregory Ulrich was already <\/em>subject to every restriction, sanction and consequence a “Red Flag” law can provide, and then some. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And still <\/em>he shot up the Allina Clinic in Buffalo yesterday – a “gun free zone”, by the way – killing one and injuring several. He was prohibited from having, buying or owning guns by state and federal law<\/strong>, he was subject to at least one restraining order, and he built bombs – itself a very, very serious federal felony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short – when people say “we already have laws in place that do literally everything a “Red Flag” law is supposed to do”. Gregory Ulrich was a case in point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which didn’t stop Metro Minnesota’s political class from plying their dismal trade – exploiting crises:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two years in a row I rose on the House floor to share stories of states both red & blue that enacted Red Flag Laws after horrific tragedies devastated families and communities. I implored my colleagues not to wait for another tragedy. https:\/\/t.co\/BukWofvPMu<\/a><\/p>— Ruth Richardson (@RuthForHouse) February 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>