US Troops May Face Red Flag Laws Under Proposal
Red flag laws are touted as the answer to mass shootings. There’s no evidence that they’re any such thing, of course, but that has never stopped anti-gun voices from trying to push that tired line.
The Lewiston shooting is just one example of how laws we’re told will mitigate the risk don’t actually do anything.
Maine’s law is referred to as a yellow flag law–because I guess that sounds better than red flag–requires mental health experts to ask for someone’s guns to be taken and while such experts saw the man who would eventually become the killer, they didn’t do anything.
Regardless, Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins wants to apply that to US military personnel.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is putting together legislation to require the U.S. military to adhere to state-level red and yellow flag laws for troops.
A red flag law allows family, friends, and others, to seek a court order to have guns removed from someone they view as a danger to himself or others. A yellow flag law is more narrow, allowing law enforcement to seek the court order for firearm removal.
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