According to Firearmchronicles
Look, as Cam pointed out when he wrote about Susan Holmes in Colorado–a woman who claimed she had a baby with the police officer who shot and killed her son, just so she could file a red flag order against him–much of this is because the mental health system in this country is shot and lawmakers need to be seen to “do something,” even if it’s the wrong thing. Believe me, red flag laws are very much the wrong thing.
Sure, in the aftermath of a shooting, they look like a good idea. I thought they were a good idea for about five minutes myself. But they’re not. They’re a knee-jerk reaction to a problem that doesn’t actually look at the problem itself.
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