Red Flag Law

The Memphis City Council approved a referendum Tuesday to allow city residents to choose to implement and citywide “assault weapon” ban, a prohibition on constitutional carry, and a red flag law, among other gun controls. 

Reps. Michael Bost (R-IL) and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) on Wednesday voted against Rep. Eli Crane’s (R-AZ) amendment to restore veterans’ gun rights.

The Tennessee special session called by Gov. Bill Lee (R) for the purpose of securing gun control has ended with no gun control laws adopted.

Nine people were wounded in a shooting early Tuesday on Denver’s Market Street approximately three and a half hours after the Denver Nuggets won the NBA championship.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed red flag legislation into law Monday despite ongoing questions about whether it will enforced or, if enforced, how such enforcement would occur.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) pivoted from his strong Second Amendment stance just over two weeks after the Nashville Christian school shooting and called for state legislatures to pass a red flag law.

Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan (R) is pushing legislation that requires gun buyers under the age of 21 to get a co-signer age 25 or above.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the red flag law in Illinois is “ineffective” and “it certainly does appear that there was enough information” about the Highland Park shooter “to cause a court to cause law enforcement to go in and take his guns away.” Murphy also stated that the gun law recently passed by the Senate would give incentives for states to adopt laws “that are right now working in states like Florida, working less well, it seems, in states like Illinois.”

Members of the Republican Party are busy betraying their base while simultaneously shooting themselves in the foot by embracing so-called “red flag laws.”

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) pushed for more federal gun control Tuesday as Chicago gun violence surges and firearm-related homicides continue to increase.

The 57-year-old Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) maintenance worker who shot and killed 8 innocents on Wednesday used handguns that were acquired “legally” and “registered” in compliance with California law. 

The New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association is standing against the red flag bill state Democrats are trying to pass this legislative session.

The sheriff of Humbolt County, Nevada, is facing recall over his plans to implement the state’s red flag law.

Democrats expanded California’s Red Flag Law again by lengthening the confiscatory period and broadening the number of people who can push for confiscation to begin with. 

If enacted, “red flag laws” will become a “slippery slope” used by politicians to “try to disarm the American people,” said Graham Allen, host of BlazeTV’s Rant Nation, in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed into law on Friday the Democrats’ gun confiscatory Red Flag legislation.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) said sheriffs who refuse to enforce gun confiscation laws “should resign” their posts.

Hawaii State Senate Democrats issued a resolution last week to “repeal or amend” the Second Amendment.

More Colorado counties are declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries” as state-level Democrats continue pushing a gun confiscation law.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed gun confiscation orders into law for New York on Monday.

Fourteen of New Mexico’s 33 counties have adopted “Second Amendment Sanctuary” resolutions to make clear their sheriffs feel no pressure to enforce new gun controls being pushed by Democrats at the state level.

A red flag law and universal background checks failed to stop the Aurora, Illinois, shooting that killed five people Friday.

Figures from the California Justice Department show that gun confiscations are surging under the state’s red flag law. 

Utah State Rep. Steven Handy (R-Davis County) is pushing red flag legislation that will allow courts to order the confiscation of firearms from certain gun owners. 

New York lawmakers are weighing a 30-day waiting period for background checks on all firearm sales.

Florida’s red flag law and waiting period for gun purchases failed to stop the horrendous massacre at SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, on Wednesday.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is pushing a red flag law that would allow a judge to issue orders resulting in firearm confiscation.

Anne Arundel County police shot and killed 61-year-old Gary J. Willis while executing a firearm confiscation order under Maryland’s red flag law. 

Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety pushed red flag laws for every state the day after California’s red flag law failed to prevent the Thousand Oaks shooting.