From Redcoats to Red Flag Laws…How Have We Fallen So Far?

By Gilbert Ambler Recently I was in court on a domestic-related issue involving a firearm. My client was in a bad position. He was someone who had never been in trouble before when all of a sudden, after a disagreement with his girlfriend, he was thrown into the legal system. This started as a situation … Read more

Red Flag Law Fantasies – We Need Verifiable, Objective Data

By Dennis Petrocelli, MD The idea behind red flag laws—stopping violence with guns before it occurs—is a laudable one. It may even be the case that the pursuit of this goal will help transform the behavioral science of risk assessment for the good of society. An apropos analogy may well be anti-missile missile technology. At the time … Read more

The ‘Do Something’ Disease

This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights.  As you can probably imagine, this week has been an active one for those of us in the gun rights community. The push for national red flag laws and universal background checks in this last week … Read more