“It is applied only to specific people based on their actions and threatening words.”
Actually, none of the Red Flag laws enumerate specific crimes for which firearms can be seized. None. Liberal judges are free to say, “Well, you own guns and that’s enough to prove you are a violent nutcase to me.”
Not to mention, the person receives forced mental health evaluations, consulting, and must prove they are no longer a threat to get their gun back. They also have an arrest record, a criminal record (yes, Red Flag adjudications are a criminal proceeding).
By federal law a person can also no longer own firearms. Why? Because the of the Firearms Transaction Record Form 4473 question 11F: “Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?”
Actually, none of the Red Flag laws enumerate specific crimes for which firearms can be seized. None.