Red Flag Laws

State Rep. Braxton Mitchell (R) is pushing House Bill 809 to thwart any further attempt by localities to adopt red flag laws in the state of Montana. 

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).

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.

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. 

The Democrat-controlled Massachusetts House will take up legislation this week that would require licensed concealed carriers to ask permission before entering someone’s home while armed. 

Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety has launched a six-figure marketing campaign designed to pressure Tennessee state Republican legislators into supporting a red flag law during Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) special legislative session.

Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Rich Worley indicates there were multiple shooters involved in the block party attack in which 30 people were shot, two of them fatally. 

At least 21 people were shot, one of them fatally, at a Juneteenth celebration in gun-controlled Illinois Sunday morning around 12:30 a.m.

During a June 4, 2023, CNN town hall, presidential hopeful Nikki Haley (R) said she does not support red flag laws because she does not believe the government can be trusted the power red flag laws create.

Three people were shot and killed in Farmington, New Mexico, despite the state’s red flag and universal background check laws.

Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R) challenger, Colin Allred (D), cosponsored universal background legislation in the U.S. House on March 1, 2021.

Gov. Bill Lee (R) called the Tennessee legislature into special session Friday night hoping to secure the red flag gun control he began pushing on April 11, 2023.

President Joe Biden issued a statement Sunday commending Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on his push for gun control in the wake of shooting that killed six at a Nashville Christian school.