Texas Considering Their Own ‘Red Flag Law’

By Tom Knighton

Texas is about as far from New Jersey or New York as you can get.

I don’t mean geographically, of course. Anyone with the most remote familiarity with a map knows that’s not true. No, I’m talking about politically. While both the “new” states are completely in love with gun control, Texas isn’t. In fact, the Lone Star State has a reputation that is so closely entwined with guns it borders on the ridiculous.

So, you can imagine the surprise some might feel in seeing that Texas may well be considering a gun control law.

In this case, they’re looking at a “red flag law.”

In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas lawmakers are looking at solutions to keep something like that from happening again.

Public testimony unfolded at a hearing Monday to discuss potential “red flag” laws, which would allow citizens to file a petition to have a firearm taken away from a potentially dangerous person, and safe storage laws, which hold gun owners legally responsible if a child gets ahold of their loaded firearm.

The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee with the Texas House held the hearing June 25 regarding the potential laws. The law’s intentions would be …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms