States Consider Laws Allowing Courts to Take Guns From Dangerous People

[friendly_iconoclast]

1. I have no problem with these, so long as a couple of hard and fast rules are followed:

1) There are no ex parte* hearings, and

2) the subject has the right to legal counsel and to question witnesses

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_parte

Ex parte /ˌɛks ˈpɑːrtiː/ is a Latin legal term meaning "from (by or for) [the/a] party." An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the controversy to be present. In Australian, Canadian, U.K., South African, Indian and U.S. legal doctrines, ex parte means a legal proceeding brought by one person in the absence of and without representation or notification of other parties. It is also used more loosely to refer to improper unilateral contacts with a court, arbitrator, or represented party without notice to the other party or counsel for that party.