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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s red flag law is among the most expansive in the country. (Photo: Gavin Newsom Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The first extensive scholarly analysis of so-called \u201cred flag\u201d laws has concluded that the statutes are constitutional but could still face a number of challenges in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article, published in the Virginia Law Review<\/a>, argues that the central constitutional issue pertinent to red flag laws is not gun rights but due process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough the Second Amendment continues to draw much of the attention, the more substantive and pressing concern is whether ERPOs [Extreme Risk Protection Orders] violate gun owners\u2019 due process rights,\u201d the article reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Charles and Joseph Blocher of the Duke Center for Firearms conclude<\/a> that Supreme Court precedent allows for the kind of red flag laws that have been passed in nineteen states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough we do not undertake an exhaustive or individualized assessment of various state laws, we conclude that the basic structure of existing extreme risk laws satisfies the requirements of due process,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though they admit that there hasn\u2019t been much case law on this issue, Second Amendment challenges to red flag laws have largely failed. The authors cite two examples from courts in Connecticut and Indiana that both ruled red flag laws do not \u201cplace a material burden\u201d on the \u201ccore\u201d right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms in self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The due process challenge is more robust, they say, because all red flag laws allow firearms to be seized without a hearing where the accused is present. These seizures come after a petitioner asks the court to remove firearms from the individual until a full hearing can take place. Most laws require this hearing to take place within 10 or 14 days, but in the meantime, the individual has already lost his or her firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: New Paper Suggests \u2018Red Flag\u2019 Laws Will Discriminate Against People of Color<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The authors argue that these temporary seizures meet the standards laid out by the Supreme Court for other temporary restrictions on constitutional rights.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court has permitted these types of ex parte orders in similar situations involving fundamental interests when necessity requires quick action,\u201d the say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under one set of criteria, laid out in Mathews v. Eldridge, <\/em>a law is constitutional if it does not impose \u201chardship\u201d on an individual, there is little risk of error, and the government has a legitimate public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles and Blocher argue that red flag laws satisfy all three criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In regards to the first, they say, \u201cThe \u2018hardship imposed upon\u2019 a gun owner by a temporary deprivation should not be overstated. It is exceedingly unlikely that a short-term ERPO will deprive a person of the ability to effectuate the \u2018core\u2019 Second Amendment interest in armed self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors do admit that red flag laws will still face challenges moving forward. There has been little evidence thus far that red flag laws actually work, and civil liberties groups have taken issue with expanding the types of people who can ask a court to have someone\u2019s firearms seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne flashpoint in the laws is who can petition for an order, and some states have had pushback from both gun rights and civil liberties groups when the class of petitioners broadens out to individuals with more tangential relationships to the person alleged to be dangerous,\u201d Charles told the Michael Bloomberg-funded publication “The Trace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even in the article, Charles and his co-author admit that family members, co-workers, and teachers may abuse red flag laws to harass innocent people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026The broader the category of petitioners, the stronger the concerns about misidentification and abuse,\u201d they say. \u201cIn certain toxic family environments\u2014those involving serious distrust or abuse, for example\u2014it is possible that false claims might be filed in an effort to harass or even disarm those who do not present any legitimate threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others have pointed out that red flag laws are duplicative of other, more helpful, tools. Powhatan County, Virginia, Sheriff Brad Nunnaly said<\/a> during a town hall earlier this year that the state\u2019s Temporary Detention Order (TDO) would be more helpful because it allows law enforcement to obtain mental health care for the individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI doubt we will utilize [red flag laws] at all because I cannot think of an instance where the red flag law would apply to you and you do not also need mental health care\u2026 if we determine there\u2019s a threat, then we will take care of that person and we\u2019ll continue to use the TDO process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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