Episode #11
We just found out that the Senate has finished drafting its bipartisan gun control law and are being told by both parties they have the 60 votes needed to pass it. While we don't have the bill text yet one thing we can be very sure of is that it contains a red flag modeled after Jerry Nadler's 2019 House bill.
What does that entail, and what crucial piece of information about red flag laws have media and politicians completely overlooking that you should know before deciding on the wisdom and efficacy of this proposed bill.
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House Judiciary Committee drafts Red Flag Law - https://rollcall.com/2022/05/31/house-judiciary-committee-sets-vote-on-gun-control-proposals/
Why this policy has bipartisan appeal? - https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/752427922/poll-americans-including-republicans-and-gun-owners-broadly-support-red-flag-law
Do Red Flag Laws Work? - https://reason.com/2019/10/06/states-are-depriving-innocent-people-of-their-second-amendment-rights/
Red Flag in Buffalo shooting - https://reason.com/2022/05/18/the-buffalo-massacre-illustrates-the-inherent-limitations-of-red-flag-laws/
New York Red Flag Law - https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/6341
Rand Corporation Mass Shooting Study - https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/essays/mass-shootings.html
2012 DOD Study - https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a565355.pdf
Alexander Scherr Hastings Law Journal - http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hastlj55&div=3&g_sent=1&collection=journals
Jerry Nadler 2019 Red Flag Bill - https://reason.com/2019/09/12/this-awful-house-bill-would-promote-gun-confiscation-without-due-process/
►00:00 Introduction
►03:41 Red Flag Law Essential Facts
►28:50 Baker Acts
►33:25 Conclusion and Upcoming videos
►39:07 Nadler Advocates For Mass Murder
►40:20 Closing and Credits
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Is it also possible, (more so likely) that an individual, once they fall under any Red Flag restriction order, would then find themselves additionally harmed by any future employment "background checks" that identify and bring to bear this occurrence on said employers decision choice?