Gun Control Laws

I don't know...

If they were ANTIFA... yes.

If they were right wing/white supremacists... no.

The trio arrested this week face various federal charges, including transporting a machine gun and harboring an illegal alien.

And the Red Flag law isn't a law in Virginia.

You really need to start looking things up for yourself.


.... and, this really drains the validity of your statements in other threads where I haven't cared to look things up.

The group arrested by the FBI was arrested before the Richmond VA demonstrations because they had planned violent action. From NPR . If you note in the article the agency started investigating them in earnest last July. The charges they have against these men seem sufficient to have warranted arresting them at least by last December. The FBI has made a press move to signify the reason was to prevent violence at the demonstration.

This is new information. Instead of letting Chaski put words in my mouth, read the post. I never said they were or weren't guilty of a crime. I used the post to speculate and pointed out the constitutionality question of whether the Red Flag laws in Washington were justified.
The second point is, why would the FBI not have arrested them back in December? It is possible they hoped to gain more intel by watching them, seeing who they associate with and etcetera and the risk of violent action impelled them to act. If so there is no reason to announce their arrest at all as this would compromise their information gathering efforts and possibly scare away other suspects. All this is ongoing.

My point wasn't whether or not these guys are guilty of a crime. I speculated they may or may not be guilty of a crime. How would we know at the time of the announcement?
My point was about the law itself. Laws enabling law enforcement free reign to arrest people without judicial oversight enables abuse of power. They may arrest 100 people who are guilty of a crime and in the middle of all that label a political activist guilty of the same crime to make them disappear. This goes against the founding principles of our country.
As an example I cited the events of Waco TX where a Federal Law enforcement raid resulted in the unnecessary loss of innocent lives to arrest a few people for charges that were never verified as being true. The enabling law was the declaration of "The War on Drugs" (a national emergency) that allowed such unwarranted action.

OK
To put it another way:

You can't use a law that doesn't exist to arrest somebody.

When did I put words in your mouth? Be specific.

Please give an example of one such law in the USA.

>>> Be specific.<<<

They enabling of law enforcement abuse is done through executive orders, which are sort of like declaring martial law but only in regard to specific threats. The executive orders issued are not laws but are the ability of the executive to bypass the law because of the "emergency."
The next time I feel you put words in my mouth I'll let you know.

Specific example please.

The declaration of the "War on Drugs" is one example and we've talked about it here.

I'm very happy that no violent acts were committed that could have marred the protest for the preservation of 2nd Amendment Rights in Virginia. The undermining of this important issue by racist extremists has been a problem in the past.

Ok... please provide the relevant Executive Order that was used to "bypass the law" relative to the War on Drugs.

Here's a document and I'll paste a couple of excerpts.

https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6741&context=jclc

19921 ASSET FORFEITURE 275Justice created the National Assets Seizure and Forfeiture Fund and collected $27 million from drug-related forfeitures. The yearly acquisitions have grown to almost $500 million in 1990.
3 At least $1.4 billion more in real and personal property has been seized and currently awaits forfeiture.
4 These efforts will doubtless continue in earnest since they are supported by the highest levels of authority.President Bush has boasted that "asset forfeiture laws allow us to take the ill-gotten gains of drug kingpins and use them to put more cops on the streets and more prosecutors in court."