Red Flag Laws

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed numerous gun control bills Friday, one of which broadens California’s red flag law by adding to the people who can seek an order to have an individual’s guns removed. 

FOX News contributor Paul Mauro reacted to the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting by pushing red flag laws. (He did not note that Minnesota already has a red flag law.)

Gun control advocates are pushing a red flag law in response to the shooting carried out with stolen guns near Emory University.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill over the weekend banning the enforcement of red flag laws in cities and municipalities throughout the state of Texas.

Florida’s red flag law, gun-free college/university campus zones, and increased minimum purchase age for long guns failed to prevent Thursday’s FSU shooting.

The Texas Senate passed legislation Wednesday banning the enforcement of red flag laws in municipalities throughout the Lone Star State. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is pressing Florida’s Republican supermajority to repeal various gun controls enacted following the February 14, 2018, Parkland shooting, including the state’s red flag law. 

Democrats in Virginia’s General Assembly passed numerous gun controls Wednesday that will now head to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) desk.

Democrat lawmakers in Ohio are seeking to expand the instant criminal background check for a firearm purchase to ten days, alongside pushing gun storage laws and other controls.

Wisconsin Senate member-elect Dora Drake (D) is pushing for a red flag law in the wake of the December 16, 2024, Madison Christian school shooting. 

President Joe Biden called for an “assault weapons” ban Monday, just hours after an alleged handgun attack in Madison, Wisconsin, at Abundant Life Christian School (ALCS).

Florida Republicans are pushing to repeal the state’s red flag law and the law which raised the minimum purchase age for a rifle to 21.

During an October 22, 2024, appearance on The Daily Show, Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz called for red flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on AR-15s and similar rifles. 

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will announce executive gun control today and it will include $153 million in funding for states to adopt and implement red flag laws. 

On Sunday, Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris admitted she wants some guns banned and supports pre-crime firearm confiscation, yet she still claimed to be pro-Second Amendment.

Shannon Watts blasted the lack of red flag laws following the alleged attempted assassination on Trump in Florida, a state with a red flag law.

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris released policy positions Sunday under the banner of ‘A New Way Forward,’ and the positions include the same old gun controls President Joe Biden wanted.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) refused to approve a gun control ballot on Monday that the Memphis City Council put forward.

There have been 22 shootings, resulting in at least six fatalities, in Chicago, Illinois, since Monday, the day on which the DNC began.

Data from the Minnesota DPS shows murders increased during Tim Walz’s time as governor even as gun control increased at the same time. 

During their first joint campaign appearance in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz pushed a ban on AR-15s and other firearms that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”

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. 

Presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris pushed an “assault weapons” ban and other gun controls Biden has pushed for years.

Two police officers were shot and wounded Thursday in the Saint Teresa neighborhood of San Jose, California. 

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 Senate passed legislation, which will go to Gov. Bill Lee (R), to require gun safety courses to be taught in schools.

Twenty-two-year-old Taylon Nichelle Celestine allegedly opened fire on at least two drivers Monday claiming “God” told her to do so. 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) launched an investigation into the recently announced National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center.

Today’s podcast features two guests. First, Breitbart’s Second Amendment correspondent AWR Hawkins discusses the current state of “Red Flag” laws. Then, Breitbart’s London Bureau Chief Oliver Lane gives an update on the Baltimore bridge disaster.

President Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), celebrated the launch of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center and the administration’s subsequent pledge of $750 million the Center can use to pursue more red flag laws. 

On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school and announced three quarters of a billion dollars being dedicated to securing more red flag laws. 

More than 140 House Democrats are demanding that the ability to bar veterans from gun purchases/ownership under certain circumstances be added back to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

At least six people were shot, one of them fatally, at a subway in the Bronx on Monday around 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota’s red flag law took effect Monday, January 1, 2024, and allows police or family members to petition a judge for an order to have guns taken from certain individuals. 

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. 

While gun controllers push a red flag law for Maine, it should be noted that the state already has a yellow flag law.