They call them red flag laws, and we should surely have one. If a person displays the symptoms of violence, we should take their guns away. I understand the Utah Legislature decided today to consider such legislation, and I endorse it.
I do wonder but what we should only pull the guns from those who are convicted. Otherwise, you ignore due process. So, if a person is convicted of violence, or of threatening another person, or of doing or threatening to do unlawful damage to property, then the restraining order against having a gun should be placed upon the individual.
How many of the five youngsters in Utah who threatened their schools are going to be taken to court? Under our laws, could they be convicted? Or, are our laws against terroristic threats inadequate, and in need of being strengthened?
If someone says something like, "I'm going to be a professional school shooter," that should fit under the law's language as an unlawful threat, and we should convict those who say such things, and take their guns away.
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