Red Flag Laws Will Not Stop Mass Murders – Letter to the Editor

By Ammoland

Opinion
Letter to the AmmoLand Editor

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- There has been a lot of talk recently about “Red Flag laws.” They are being touted as a partial solution to the “mass shootings” that have some people in an uproar lately.

Here is a definition of Red Flag laws: “In the United States, a red flag law is a gun violence prevention law that permits the police or family members to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves.” From Wikipedia.

Now that we know what a Red Flag law is, let’s see how effective they would be.

So you have an individual who has made statements which suggest or states that they might harm themselves or others. Someone (differs according to jurisdiction) goes to a judge and gets a warrant to remove the guns, and perhaps other potential weapons, from the person’s residence. The Police go and get all listed items from the residence. The person is NOT taken into custody.