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Are red flag laws constitutional? Critics argue red flag laws go against the Second Amendment. While there have been Second Amendment challenges to these laws, they've each failed, Blocher said.

His mother could not be reached for comment. State criminal records show no further police interactions with him. The red flag order was allowed to lapse late in 2022, a year after it was implemented.

New York's controversial "green light law" is under fire once again as experts warn it puts Border Patrol agents and the American public at risk.

And criminal law can disproportionately affect the poor — the very same people most likely to be violently victimized. These red flag proposals wouldn’t be imposed in an otherwise perfect country.

Valdes said if someone is a threat, their case should be handled through the criminal justice system. “Red flag laws are a political Band-Aid that swept the issue under the rug,“ Valdes said.