By John R. Lott, Founder of Crime Prevention Research Center
Red-flag laws do nothing but put innocent people at risk and make it easier to disarm opponents for political purposes.
If a person is really a danger to himself or others, confiscating guns isn’t much of a solution. There are so many other ways for disturbed people to cause harm. But advocates of "red flag" laws want people to believe that simply taking away someone’s legally owned guns means the problem is solved.
Last week, the Biden administration
announced it was using part of the $1.8 trillion massive spending bill passed
after last year’s election to give $231 million to states that enact
red-flag laws and push other gun-control policies. After last week’s mass
public shooting at Michigan State University, gun-control advocates from
Michael Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action were again touting red-flag laws as
the solution. Michigan legislators also see the attack as a chance to
pass the law. [more...]
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