Results for: Red Flag Law

Democrat Congressional Candidate in Maine Backtracks on ‘Red Flag’ Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/19/congressional-candidate-maine-backtracks-on-red-flag-law-n1234174
– A congressional candidate is double-speaking on his state’s “red flag” law. … of the red flag ballot referendum, there was a so-called “yellow flag” law in place. … flag law.…
Garrett Mason Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/12/garrett-ma…on-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232481
– Portions of this interview have been edited for clarity and ease of reading.So-called “red flag” law in Maine:The red flag law, just … Basically, the anti-gun lobby went out, collected 80,000 plus signatures to get the red flag law on the ballot. … I think it was a 70/30 victory for the red flag law … I agree with voices as diverse (as) Janet Mills and Paul LePage.…
Ben Midgley Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/12/ben-midgley-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232482
– Portions of this interview have been edited for clarity and ease of reading.So-called “red flag” law in Maine:I oppose the citizens … than do have this law. … It doesn't have to be like that.You can defend law enforcement, not defund law enforcement. Think of the schools, fixed up.…
Jonathan Bush Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/11/jonathan-b…sh-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232479
– Portions of this interview have been edited for clarity and ease of reading.So-called “red flag” law in Maine:Red flag is another example … Every police department in Maine is against this red flag law. … That's a law in Maine.…
Bobby Charles Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/10/bobby-char…es-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232480
– Charles said that Maine’s red flag law is an “abomination” and that they’re going to get rid of it. … so obviously what I worry about is that legislators put things out there, like a ghost gun law or like a red flag law … look, even … the yellow flag laws, right?…
Collaborative Effort in California Shines Light on Gun Control Group’s False Claims
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/08/31/collaborat…nia-shines-light-on-gun-control-groups-false-claims-n1226100
– announcement released by Not Me California, the investigation looked into the data that’s used by Giffords to create the “Giffords Gun Law … In fact, some states with poor Giffords gun law rankings—such as South Dakota or New Hampshire—have lower crime rates than A-ranked … This is a fact we tried to ram home during the Red Flag Law debates in 2018.…
Members of Formalized County Militia in Virginia Under Fire
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/10/28/members-of-formalized-county-militia-in-virginia-under-fire-n1226698
– I watched men come home in a box draped in a flag. And you know what? … No one asks when someone comes home draped in a flag…they never ask what color their skin was, [it] no longer matters then. … They're nothing but a red, white and blue, blooded American hero. So if we don't care then, why should I care now?…
Colorado ‘Study’ Panders to ‘Political Leaning’ Arguments on ERPOs
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/04/03/colorado-s…udy-panders-to-political-leaning-arguments-on-erpos-n1224411
– No, they don’t demand every state in the country pass a "red flag" law. … ERPO petitions filed in Colorado from 2020 to 2022, 37.3% were filed in 2A sanctuaries, with 31.7% of these petitions were made by law … “We know from other studies both here and across the U.S. that petitions filed by law enforcement are more likely to be granted,” he…
The institutionalization of gun owners à la Stockholm Syndrome
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/07/the-institutionalization-of-gun-owners-a-la-stockholm-syndrome-n73298
– Freeman plays long-time prisoner Ellis "Red" Redding who befriends fellow inmate Andy Dufresne played by Robbins. … Should SB2 become law, concealed carry will effectively end in California. Have we become institutionalized? … Drammissi said that there’s already “limits on standard capacity magazines, red flag laws, background checks to purchase ammunition…
DC Project heading to Nashville for start of special session
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/18/dc-project-heading-to-nashville-for-start-of-special-session-n73871
– red flag laws. … Looking over those ideas, Lee wants a red flag law by any other name, with the same flavor of lack of due process tyranny, just the … The one thing that stood out on the formerly mentioned poll is that an uninformed voter was more inclined to support a red flag law…
NY SAFE Act chronicles part 3: Barriers to care created by a misguided system
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/14/ny-safe-ac…part-3-barriers-to-care-created-by-a-misguided-system-n73638
– flag laws. … by that law and 2) the percentage of the target population captured by that same law. … It is within reason to extrapolate these results to NICS mental health reporting and red flag reporting as well.…
A closer look at more amici briefs in the next SCOTUS 2A case
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/10/07/a-ore-amici-briefs-in-rahimi-prohibited-persons-scotus-case-n75732
– Whether we’re dealing with a matter of a restraining order or, the more dangerous and inbred cousin, a red flag order, they speak about … While this case is not about a red flag order, I can see the arguments being made here, as well in the other briefs - if successful … The anti-civil liberty crowd exploited the public’s and in many cases legislators’ ignorance, to see such measures become law.…
Class Action Appeal to 3rd Circuit on ERPOs' Lack of Due Process Filed
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/14/class-action-appeal-to-3rd-circuit-on-due-process-erpos-filed-n43504
– The extreme risk protective orders (ERPOs), aka "red flag" laws, becoming more prevalent is part of a growing and troubling trend.  … On its face, a law that keeps firearms "out of the hands of domestic abusers and violent people", is often erroneously quoted as the … Not long after the passage of the ERPO law, one such case surfaced concerning said abuse. …
Gun Ban Fan Misses The Mark On Abolishment of NC's Permit Requirement
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/28/gun-ban-fan-abolishment-permit-requirement-n44365
– These permits are just bureaucratic roadblocks placed in front of law abiding citizens. … Picking apart some of what Becky had to say she points to Federal law. … Another inconvenient truth concerning Connecticut is the fact that since so-called "red flag" laws have been on the books, yes the…
Florida Court Finds Firearms Seizure Violated Gun Owner's Rights
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/07/florida-court-gun-seizure-violated-rights-n46118
– The implications and effects of temporary restraining orders, final restraining orders, "red flag" orders, and so on are vast. … Despite Florida law requiring a hearing within 15 days of the temporary being issued, Dean did not get a final hearing until September … Legislators on a federal level seek to impose national "red flag" laws.…
Feinstein Introduces Federal Extreme Risk Protective Order Bill
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/13/federal-extreme-risk-protective-order-bill-introduced-n46466
– Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) both had no issues introducing a federal "red flag" bill. … Extreme risk protective orders, aka "red flag" laws, don't do anything to serve public safety. … Also on the topic of "red flag" laws is the fact they have already been weaponized to target people over personal disputes.…
CA "Red Flag" Law Amended To Include Blocks Of Material
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/10/18/ca-red-flag-law-amended-to-include-blocks-of-material-n51052
– flag" law revamped. … Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday. ... … The "opposition" is or should be battling against the "red flag" law.…
The Big Brother Bill That Would Force Banks To Spy On Gun Owners
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/11/24/big-brother-bill-force-banks-spy-gun-owners-n52430
– Under existing regulation financial institutions are required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), to raise red flags about … Would purchases like those in different areas of the country throw a flag on the play? … Dean aught to pay attention to the massive red wave that's coming her way in Pennsylvania.…
"Pro 2A" San Diego County candidate for Sheriff supports red flag laws!
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/01/25/pro-2a-san…o-county-candidate-for-sheirff-supports-red-flag-laws-n54748
– In 2014 California implemented their so-called red flag law. … flag law in California. … So when the judge renders an opinion or hears a petition for an extreme risk protective order, or red flag confiscation, it is or is…
Edwards and Petrolino on Walk The Talk America Podcast
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/01/21/edwards-and-petrolino-on-walk-the-talk-america-podcast-n54668
– much more effective way of saving lives, which is what this is about, than, you know, demanding that we have some sort of storage law … , or we have a red flag on the books, if we're looking out for each other. … Instead of saying we're going to create a law, that it requires you to lock up the firearm and keep it separate from the ammunition…
"Red flag" challenge passed over by SCOTUS, but there’s more to the story
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/02/27/p-z-v-new-jersey-was-denied-cert-but-wait-theres-more-n55889
– The P.Z. case is teed up to be potentially the one that brings down so-called “red flag” laws. … One of which P.Z. did not even meet the qualifications of, the other of which is an unconstitutional provision in the law. … I'm trying to better understand a portion in the 2C code in New Jersey law on the issuance of firearm licenses. Specifically N.J.…
Massachusetts lawmakers try to expand gun seizure laws
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/03/16/massachuse…to-increase-circumstances-when-firearms-can-be-seized-n56497
– While this is not a “red flag” law, which Massachusetts had one of those signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker in 2018, Harassment … In part it reads: This bill essentially serves as an expansion of the ill-conceived so-called “Red Flag Law” which allows for the … In 2018, Governor Charlie Baker signed the so-called “Red Flag” Law.…
Dishonest and sneaky “gun control” measures in omnibus spending bill
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/03/12/dishonest…sneaky-gun-control-measures-in-omnibus-spending-bill-n56286
– Like a law called the Violence Against Women Act. … to pro-gun fighters like you, we were able to pressure lawmakers to remove anti-gun provisions such as the boyfriend loophole and red … flag laws for military service members.…
LA Times' love letter to Nazi style tactics
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/04/09/la-times-n57241
– Further, people like Hemmerling are reported to have these orders executed whether or not they're warranted under the law. … The threshold of which the state of California holds law enforcement officials to meet in order to pull off one of these red flag seizures…
The poll that scuttles Tennessee Governor Lee’s red flag proposals
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/06/10/the-poll-t…t-scuttles-tennessee-governor-lees-red-flag-proposals-n71365
– What’s this push from Governor Bill Lee to institute a so-called “red flag” law? … For most Americans, the veneer of what a red flag law is or does is not fully understood. … A GOP lawmaker once admitted to me he was confused why constituents were mad at him for voting on a red flag law.…
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