Negative Space: red flag laws
More Information
- What Will and What Will Not Improve Public Safety in Firearm Violence Prevention (PDF)
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“Finally, most GVRO laws also fail to remedy the underlying cause for removing firearms. If an individual is mentally ill enough to pose an imminent threat to himself or others, simply restricting access to firearms will not necessarily stop or delay tragedy. Replacement firearms are available through legal and illegal means, and other weaponry such as knives or makeshift weaponry such as vehicles are ever-present.” (Derek M. Cohen)
If the left believed that red flag laws target criminals, they wouldn’t take the guns. They’d take the criminals. Red flag laws are designed to be abused.