Should police departments and / or the government be allowed to confiscate legally owned firearms?

Not without probable cause and due process.

It is evident that someone here screwed the pooch. There is absolutely the need to remove weapons from someone that has been deemed a threat by a judge, after a hearing. However, there also is an absolute necessity that those weapon be returned when that threat is no longer valid.

As usual, Faux spins the story.

The Fox News article states this well: “People keep forgetting the right to keep and bear arms, the Second Amendment, is protected by the U.S. constitution, and private property is protected under the Fifth Amendment,” Kilmer said. “Government cannot take property without just compensation and due process. The great thing is that when it comes to guns, you get protection under both amendments.”

As state and federal governments become more unfriendly to the 2nd amendment, gun owners will have to be willing to take them to court to protect their rights.