| Summary: | A report on Red Flag laws, first proposed in Congress and now adopted by 12 states, which allow the state to confiscate firearms from someone exhibiting threatening behavior. The law was born out of an increased focus on gun violence, with 366 mass shootings in the last year, and the movement for gun reform which has been building since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. Though the laws have been ruled constitutional, critics say they are ineffective because they do not address mental health and believe they are a violation of Second Amendment rights. Includes interviews with Tony Spurlock, Douglas County Sheriff in Denver, Colorado; Josh Horowitz, one of the law's authors; Mark Dreher, a father who believes the law could have prevented his son's death; Steve Wells, a rancher against the law; and Sheriff Steve Reams and Sheriff Bill Elder, law enforcement from Colorado who oppose the law.
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