A clarification regarding "red flag laws". I will speak about PA only since I do not have detailed personnel knowledge of others----but I'd wager they are similar to PA. The so called "red flag" law in Pa is toothless, it is written as to not offend anyone---least of all the potential threat to society. I fully acknowledge that individual rights must be protected but when a judge can, at will, unilaterally overwrite the opinion and recommendations of a medical professional without review---that amounts to a bad joke law.
Individual rights cannot trump societal rights in any situation of this gravity.
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