(05-25-2022, 09:17 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: There is always a balance when it comes to freedom. People will abuse it. The difference between the right and left is that the right will tolerate the cases where people abuse their freedom, with the provision they get punished harshly for it. The left would rather take those freedoms away at the cost of self-sufficiency. The right's approach will cost some lives in rare incidents but allows for greater productivity and overall happiness. The left's approach will create peace of mind but limits self-autonomy and potential abuse by the government.

I often feel that the problem in this situation is that it's easy to see the pitfalls that are created by the right's approach but is very difficult to see the pitfalls inherent in the left's approach.

This is exactly right.
To me, Florida's recently passed red flag law threads the needle pretty well. I hope Texas passes a version of that in response to this, and I hope other states don't wait to have incidents of their own.
NY had a red flag law that should have stopped the Buffalo shooting, but it appears that the school officials who knew that kid was dangerous weren't educated on how to initiate new York's red flag process.
Hopefully all states will start to do a better job in this area.
But yes, to your point, the tension is between pre-emptive, pre-incident administrative law and post-incident civil and criminal law.  All three have roles to play in protecting people.

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