Political Quotes

“I include in the Record a June 7, 2022, Washington Post article titled ``No, red-flag gun laws don't violate due process rights.'' [From the Washington Post] No, Red-Flag Gun Laws Don't Violate Due Process Rights such laws, also known as `extreme-risk protection orders,' are popular and are embraced by some republican politicians. but some gun-rights activists say they violate the fifth and fourteenth amendments. (Perspective by Joseph Blocher and Jake Charles, June 7, 2022) ``Red flag'' laws, which allow guns to be temporarily taken from people who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others, are one of the few gun-safety regulations that currently have bipartisan support. ``Tm generally inclined to think some kind of red-flag law is a good idea,'' Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said last week, after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Key senators have told reporters it's possible an agreement could be reached this week on legislation that would include a provision incentivizing more states to pass such laws. There is strong popular support for red-flag laws--also known as extreme-risk laws--in both parties, and more than a dozen states have adopted them in the past few years alone (bringing the total to 19 plus the District of Columbia). Social science research suggests that they work, most strikingly in preventing gun suicides. So what prevents their wider adoption, including at the federal level?…”