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Indiana’s “red flag” firearms seizure law came under scrutiny after a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last month, after it was revealed that police in the city had actually taken a shotgun from the shooter in 2020, but prosecutors never followed through with filing an official red flag petition.
Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears claimed that the two-week window between filing the petition and a court hearing on the matter wouldn’t have given his office enough time to prepare, and he pointed out that if if the red flag order had been denied, police would h
ave had to return the seized shotgun to its owner. Frankly, the fact that police were allowed to keep the seized shotgun despite the absence of a “red flag” order is cause for concern as well, but that’s probably a matter for the state legislature.
In the meantime, a judge in Indianapolis says from now on, all red flag cases initiated by the Indianapolis police need to directly to her,
Jones’ new guidance comes after Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears decided not to bring [suspect’s name redacted]* before a judge for a red flag hearing, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might try to die from “suicide by cop.”
Police seized a pump-action shotgun from [the suspect], then 18, in March 2020. Mears said his office did not seek a red flag hearing because the law didn’t give prosecutors enough time to definitively demonstrate [the suspect] propensity for suicidal thoughts. Mears specifically pointed to a 2019 change in the law that requires courts to make a “good-faith effort” to hold a hearing within 14 days.
Indianapolis police have said that they never returned that shotgun to [the suspect]. Authorities have said he used two “assault-style” rifles in the April 15 shooting before he killed himself.
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Michael Leffler, a spokesperson for the Marion County prosecutor, said Thursday that conversations about changes to the red flag filing process began before the shooting. He said the prosecutor’s office hopes the new guidance “will improve the process.” One change involves having a second deputy prosecutor review red flag cases, which Leffler said “will provide a diversity of opinion for these important decisions.”
Leffler said Mears will continue to pursue legislative changes to the law. The prosecutor has said the law has too many “loopholes,” including one that allows a person under investigation to buy a gun until a judge makes a final ruling.
Frankly, the biggest legislative change that’s needed is the outright repeal of Indiana’s red flag law, as well as changes to current state law allowing seized guns to be kept by police even if no criminal charges are filed. The law is clearly being abused if prosecutors are finding it easier to keep seized firearms without going through the red flag process, and the law itself is ripe for abuse if judges are just going to rubber-stamp their approval of petitions rather than risk another case like this one.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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