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Do Red Flag Laws Save Lives or Reduce Crime?

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Red flag laws had no significant effect on murder, suicide, the number of people killed in mass public shootings, robbery, aggravated assault, or burglary. There is some evidence that rape rates rise. These laws apparently do not save lives.

Do Red Flag Laws Save Lives or Reduce Crime? by John R. Lott, Carlisle E. Moody :: SSRN

Red flag laws had no significant effect on murder, suicide, the number of people killed in mass public shootings, robbery, aggravated assault, or burglary. Ther
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These laws are not about protecting anyone, but about gun confiscation w/o due process, as the term has been traditionally used until about four or five years ago.

Good read.
 
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