NY confiscation of weapons...

[Lmbass14]

This is just plain scary.  Don't know what to do if the cops came to the door and demanded the weapons that was sold at the gun show last month.....

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/09/a-form-of-gun-confiscation-has-reportedly-begun-in-new-york-state-heres-the-justification-being-used/

Despite promises from the president and a host of other politicians who are pushing for more gun control that nobody is coming for your guns, the confiscation of guns and gun permits has apparently started in some form in New York State. One attorney representing several people who have been forced to surrender their guns spoke with TheBlaze and alerted us to some disturbing facts:

Gun owners are losing their 2nd Amendment rights without due process.
HIPAA Laws are likely being compromised and the 4th and 5th Amendments are being violated in some of these cases
How did confiscation start happening so quickly? Apparently the gun grabbing was triggered by something inside the NY SAFE Act — New York’s new gun law — that has a provision apparently mandating confiscation of weapons and permits if someone has been prescribed psychotropic drugs.

This is curious because in his January 9th address, Cuomo specifically addressed the issue of confiscation:



The Case:

On April 1st, a legal gun owner in upstate New York reportedly received an official notice from the state ordering him to surrender any and all weapons to his local police department. The note said that the person’s permit to own a gun in New York was being suspended as well. The gun owner contacted attorney Jim Tresmond (a specialist in gun laws in New York) and the two visited the local police precinct.

Mr. Tresmond reportedly went into the precinct and informed the officers that his client, waiting in the parking lot, was coming in to voluntarily surrender his weapons as requested. The local police were aware of the letter because they had already been contacted by the State Police. Apparently, if people do not respond to the initial mailing, local law enforcement is authorized to visit the gun owner at their home and demand the surrender of the firearms. In this case, the gun owner followed the request as written. The guns and permits were handed over and a receipt given to the client.


After the guns were turned over, a request for a local hearing was filed and the gun owner is expecting to have his Second Amendment rights restored. But there is more to this story.

In our conversation with lawyer Jim Tresmond, we learned that this client, who has never had a problem with the law — no criminal record and or violent incidents on record — did have a temporary, short term health issue that required medication. But how were his client’s private medical information accessed by the government? This appears to be a violation of HIPAA and Health Information Privacy policies at HHS.gov. If it is declared a violation, this becomes a civil rights issue.

Read more at http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/09/a-form-of-gun-confiscation-has-reportedly-begun-in-new-york-state-heres-the-justification-being-used/

[Phantom]

I'm waiting for all the Law Suits to hit over this one..

Stating it violates the 4th and 2nd Amendment's.

Hope they are smart and only store the guns taken I have the feeling and Hope that this might get over turned several times.

   

[Dan W]

Once again.... We can not copy and paste complete articles from another source without risking copyright infringement.

QUOTE the article in part

POST A LINK to the full article

GIVE THE AUTHOR CREDIT!

IS IT REALLY THAT HARD?

[DangerousDrummer]

New York (as do pretty much all states) has a "prescription monitoring program". Most people are unaware that ALL pharmacies that fill prescriptions are required to report all narcotics fills to the state. Most RX computer systems send the records electronically. The record contains all information concerning the fill including patient information, prescriber information, drug information and pharmacy information. Failure to report results in loss of the pharmacy's license.

 I was wondering how long before this information was used for confiscation.