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45 Law & Psychol. Rev. 155 (2020-2021)
Red Flag Laws Raise Red Flags of Their Own

handle is hein.journals/lpsyr45 and id is 165 raw text is: RED FLAG LAWS RAISE RED FLAGS OF THEIR OWN Matthew Larosiere' and Joseph G.S. Greenlee2 Table of Contents I. IN TRO D UCTION ................................................................................... 155 II. W HAT IS A RED FLAG LAW ?........................................................... 156 A . Present State of the Issue .............................................................. 157 B. Procedure for Petitions and Hearings.......................................... 158 III. POTENTIAL FOR A BUSE................................................................... 163 IV. HOw EFFECTIVE ARE RED FLAG LAWS?......................................... 166 V I. C ON CLU SION .................................................................................168 I. INTRODUCTION This article analyzes red flag laws. These laws permit the confiscation of property and the deprivation of the right to keep and bear arms without due process, if the petitioner can convince the court that the defendant may otherwise commit violence.3 Part II describes red flag laws generally, with some examples. It includes an analysis of the short history of this species of law, followed by a rundown on the present state of the issue. Part III describes the potential for abuse inherent in these laws, which has generated passionate opposition. Part IV explores the relative efficacy of these laws, as well as the metric problems posed by their study. Part V discusses the future of this type of policy as it appears to us. Part VI offers a brief conclusion. Dir. of Legal Pol'y, Firearms Pol'y Coal.; President, Manufacture d'Armes et carillons de Floride; J.D. & L.L.M. 2017, Univ. of Ala. Sch. of Law, http://matthewlarosiere.org. 2 Dir. of Res., Firearms Pol'y Coal.; Pol'y Advisor for Legal Aff., Heartland Inst.; Fellow in Const. Stud., Millennial Pol'y Ctr.; J.D. 2014, Univ. of Denver Sturm Coll. of Law, http://josephgreenlee.org. s Joseph Blocher & David D. Charles, Firearms, Extreme Risk, and Legal Design: Red Flag Laws and Due Process, 106 VA. L. REv. 1285 (2020).

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