in Parkland, Fla., in 2018, a staffer at a middle school three hours away reported a scare of her own.
Under red-flag laws, courts can issue orders for the seizure of guns from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. But a CBS News review of court records in the states in which red flag laws have already been implemented shows wide disparities in the frequency of red-flag orders and usage of the law.
New Jersey issued a similar number of emergency orders over the course of a year, with nearly 320 issued over a 12-month span ending in July 2020. "If it's underutilized, it's a big problem. We won't be able to prevent these gun tragedies," said State Rep. Denyse Stoneback, a Democrat, who previously operated a gun violence prevention nonprofit organization. "When the red flag law was first enacted, there was no structure put in place to inform residents or law enforcement about its passage or implementation."
What data? Unconstititional History repeating itself? Do you all remember putting alcoholics in the sanitarium without their concent? The procedures for this was flagged unconditional because crimes not being committed. Come on people read your history…
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