Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

In 2018 Florida legislators — even the NRA posse — bowed to the urgent need for gun control after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: They passed minimal reforms including a red flag law.

The law sanctions a violence-prevention strategy that allows state court judges to temporarily take firearms away from people who show, through words or deeds, they’re dangerous to themselves or others.

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