The California Example: Red Flag Laws Endanger Second Amendment

California’s newest gun controls demonstrate the insidious nature of red flag laws and the danger they pose to the Second Amendment.

In other words, a red flag law–i.e., gun confiscation orders–can be put in place with ubiquitous focus on limit and meager use, only later to be expanded to open the door to broader and more frequent confiscations.

On October 1, 2014, Breitbart News reported that Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s red flag law into place. That law, dubbed a “Gun Violence Restraining Order,” allowed families to petition a court for the seizure of guns from a family member, and then empowers police to confiscate firearms from that family member.

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