Vermont gun confiscation-bill a solution in search of a problem

By Bruce Parker | Vermont Watchdog

After more than 30 years in law enforcement, Mark Donka says he can’t remember a single instance in which a firearm was involved in a domestic dispute.

And the statistics mirror Donka’s experience: gun crime is rare in Vermont.
But that hasn’t stopped an on-going effort in Montpelier to confiscate guns from alleged domestic abusers.

To hear the Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence tell it, Vermont’s domestic violence problem has become so serious the time has come for police to confiscate weapons from alleged domestic abusers. The group is the chief proponent of H.735, a “must pass” fees bill that mandates the seizure and storage of guns and ammo in domestic abuse cases. On Friday the Senate easily passed H.735 by a vote of 21-6.

Donka is one of many observers questioning the controversial legislation.

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