Say what you want about Red Flag laws.
But I think they will reduce mass murder.
All these guys were bat shit nuts. And everyone that knew them knew that. Not just the progressive school marm down the street.
But there were no mechanisms to prevent what everyone knew they were going to do.
But such laws come at great penalty to liberty.
many states already have laws to address this..
Bat shit crazy or not, I don’t trust the government with this power.
Period..
I’d rather take my chances with an occasional nut than a bat shit crazy gun grabbing commie in the white house. unfortunately Trump won’t be president forever.
Homosexals are now allowed to marry and adopt children. A therapist who has a problem with that can not get the endorsement of the American Associaton of Family Counselors, therefore, excluded from billing several major insurance companies. You better get some blue flag checks to go with those red flags or you will get a flag on your play.
You may be right, I too believe these policies could catch some. For example the Dayton shooter’s mom reported him to authorities. But it is not clear what went wrong. She was likely told that there was nothing they could do, that would change with these red flag policies in place. But Gorka also has a valid point, if the police do not follow up with a mental health review and setting up an isolation from ALL WEAPONS, then they share liability with the man for his subsequent violent behavior.
I do not believe as a society we have the nerve to do this right, but with the above and a meaningful means to counter the damage this policy will do to our individual freedom in the event the law is applied in error. We hen it should by tried on a small scale.
Red flag laws are unconstitutional on their face. They will do nothing to stop shootings like the last three because its highly unlikely they were organic in nature.
If the libs had their way, all guns would be illegal or you’d have to have a yearly psych exam in order to leagally own a firearm, which, of course would need to be locked up and not available for self defense. This is where NZ is heading now, along with semi-auto bans.
I wonder what criteria they might use to decide that you are not mentally stable enough to own a gun? The very fact that you would want one means you’re nuts!!
The thing about red flag laws is that if a person is so mentally unstable their firearms must be seized, then they ought to be in a mental hospital.
The ONLY consequence of “Red Flag” laws will be that a lot of innocent people will have their guns and ammo stolen FRom them! By their local judges and their “Protect and Serve” PD!
Mass murderers are gonna mass murder, and there is nothing a “Red Flag” law can do to stop them.
Evil is evil, Mariner, and evil people will do evil things!
By Any Means Necessary!
The solution to this problem is Constitutional Carry! If these lunatics KNOW that a given percentage of citizens are out and about carrying their favorite hand gun, they will fer damn shure think twice about committing their evil deed.
Why is it, do you suppose, that ALL of these mass murderers chose GUN FREE ZONES to commit their heinous act?
Good guys ‘n gals with guns CAN STOP BAD GUYS!