Red Flag Laws

Individual state Red Flag Laws make sense if used correctly. They were originally created to allow authorities to remove guns from youngsters feared to be a threat to themselves or others. The law gives appropriate medical professionals, family, and law enforcement authorities, the ability to seek a legal document signed by a judge to hold an individual for evaluation for up to 72 hours. Expanding its scope to focus on the psychiatric health of the individual, in addition to the the issues of gun possession, would provide society the ability to evaluate these children who are in need, and are calling out for our help.