Red Flag Laws Are Red Herrings of Gun Control

After 31 people were murdered in back-to-back shootings in El Paso and Dayton last month, President Donald Trump declared, “Mental illness and hatred pulled the trigger. Not the gun.” His claim, a twist on the gun-rights adage that “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” is a popular refrain, with little evidentiary basis. WIRED OPINION …

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