‘Red Flag’ Laws Turn the Presumption of Innocence on its Head

Our friends in the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex see this as a feature, not a bug. Eagle County Sheriff James van Beek argues in a Facebook post that the ERPO process makes gun owners “guilty until proven innocent.” He notes that when the subject of an ERPO tries to have it terminated, “the burden of proof is not … Read more

A Mental Health Worker’s Perspective on Extreme Risk Protection or ‘Red Flag’ Orders

This article will, no doubt, upset many gun owners because it doesn’t immediately come out against so-called extreme risk protection orders and similar laws. The reasons for this are twofold. First, opinions of new laws that have been issued in different states than my own and are already being implemented are irrelevant to the progress … Read more