DOJ Creates National Gun Confiscation Center Using Funds From Biden’s ‘Safer Communities’ Act

Dear Firearm Owners,

The threat of red-flag gun confiscations has taken the next terrifying step to becoming a reality.

On March 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the launch of its National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) has called it the National Gun Confiscation Resource Center.

The Center was launched with a $2 million award from the DOJ to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

This is scary stuff.

Only 21 states have enacted some form of extreme risk protection law (aka “confiscate your guns without due process, ask questions later”), but now, with Biden and Republicans recently ramming through the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” to “protect communities from gun violence,” the ERPO Resource Center will be the federal headquarters for national gun confiscations.

So far, WGO has stopped Wisconsin legislators from enacting such a law in this state, but the screams from the control freaks in Madison only grow louder.

In most of the red flag laws, there is no penalty for someone who calls in a bogus “red flag” on you to have your guns confiscated.

In fact, in some locales, simply purchasing a gun or ammunition marks you as a “dangerous person,” which can trigger a massive law enforcement response descending on your home, complete with entire SWAT teams and no-knock raids.

As a reminder, here’s how red-flag risk orders work: someone reports or “red flags” you to the government. A secret court (one that you are not allowed to attend or even have representation at) decides if you’re a “threat” and issues a gun confiscation order.

The police come and knock on your door immediately.

They demand your guns.

They order you from your home, hands up or behind your back.

They scream at you not to make any sudden movements.

You’ll be told: COMPLY! … OR ELSE!

Just like that, your gun rights are gone … no due process, presumption of innocence, or legal defense.

All it takes is for a nosy neighbor or disgruntled ex-spouse to report you.

Doctors will now be asking you if you own guns and could report you.

Even if someone downright lies about you, you have no due process to refute the allegations … until after they take your guns.

The legal costs of hiring an attorney and getting your firearms returned and your name cleared could easily reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The situation is extremely dangerous.

You can thank BOTH PARTIES for creating this draconian nightmare. (Republican John Cornyn compromised and worked with Democrats to ram through the so-called Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.)

That’s why I need to know if you’ll stand with me and WGO to OPPOSE red-flag gun laws in Wisconsin AND work to defund the Orwellian National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center.

(I’d like to see that space converted into something useful, like a shooting academy for youth and families, and the remaining funding redirected to marksmanship programs and concealed carry training.)

The question is, what are we going to do about this threat?

Congressman Mike Bost (R-Illinois) introduced H.R. 705, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, to protect veterans from this systematic disarmament scheme.
WGO is working on two things:

1.    Amend H.R. 705 to delete the current list of veterans tossed into the NICS system.
2.    Pass H.R. 705 to stop the Veterans Gun Ban permanently.

(Credit and thanks to GOA for its leadership on this issue in Congress.)

What can you do right now, today?

Simple: Sign the online petition to Wisconsin’s congressional delegation.

Once red-flag gun confiscation becomes law in Wisconsin, it will be virtually impossible to repeal it.

And now, with a federally funded National Gun Confiscation Resource Center now a reality, the future of gun rights could be very bleak.

We’ve already seen how federal “Fusion Centers” were established after 9/11 to consolidate resources and build a 1984-style surveillance grid to watch the millions of citizens placed on the feds’ unconstitutional watchlist.

Just wait ‘til that kind of federal resource centralization is amassed to use against gun owners like you and me.

The anti-gunners won’t have to repeal the Second Amendment; they’ll disarm gun owners one by one using the power of the new National Gun Confiscation Resource Center.

None of us will be safe:

• Veterans suffering from PTSD. 
• Retired police officers dealing with anxiety.
• Activists espousing unpopular (pro-gun) viewpoints.
• Anyone going through a divorce from a vindictive ex.  
• People with hateful neighbors who despise hunters.  
• Anyone who votes.
• Anyone who belongs to a gun club.
• Anyone who has a bumper sticker on their vehicle.
• Anyone who has ever attended a political conference or rally.

The list goes on and on.

ACTION:

1.     Sign the online petition OPPOSING so-called “extreme risk restraining orders” or red-flag gun confiscations in Wisconsin. Make no mistake, it will trash due process, and we cannot allow it to become law.

Thank you,

Corey Graff
Executive Director

P.S.- Thanks to a sell-out by Congressional Republicans and the passage of Biden’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the DOJ has created its National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center. A more appropriate name is the National Gun Confiscation Resource Center. Patterned after federal centralization of power and control (like that used in the nightmare Fusion Centers used to spy on millions of Americans without a warrant), the new Center represents unprecedented amassing of resources, power, and control, all with one goal: Systematic disarmament of gun owners.

CLICK HERE to sign the online petition to stop this atrocious gun control scheme from gaining a foothold in Wisconsin.