{"id":1516466,"date":"2022-06-15T07:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516466"},"modified":"2022-06-15T07:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:36:13","slug":"politifact-mocked-for-downplaying-red-flag-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-mocked-for-downplaying-red-flag-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiFact Mocked for Downplaying Red Flag Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitifact-mocked-for-downplaying-red-flag-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The use of red flag laws when it comes to firearms has been brought back to the forefront of the national conversation in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas. Both shooters had histories of law enforcement being known to them for disturbing or criminal acts, though the Buffalo shooter was able to avoid New York red flag laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Criticisms of such laws is that it is ripe for abuse since due process goes to the wayside and language of laws can often be too broad. PolitiFact attempted to debunk gun owners concerns about red flag laws by claiming it is &#8220;misinformation&#8221; to say the laws circumvent due process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another false claim is that the laws allow people with a grudge, such as an ex-spouse, to take guns away,&#8221; the outlet added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beware of misinformation about red flag laws, including critics who say they lack due process, which is not accurate. Another false claim is that the laws allow people with a grudge, such as an ex-spouse, to take guns away. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hY8VcICNR\">https:\/\/t.co\/6hY8VcICNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiFact\/status\/1536557140768342017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It did not take long for the useless fact checking organization to be called out for spreading misinformation about red flag laws. There was the case of Susan Homles, who was recently convicted of perjury and attempting to influence a public servant by filing a false red flag complaint against a Colorado State University police officer, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2022\/04\/24\/susan-holmes-fort-collins-red-flag\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Denver<\/a>. The officer shot and killed Homles&#8217; son when he was going to attempt to kill his brother and sister-in-law on CSU&#8217;s campus. On the petition, Homles checked a box saying she is a family member or household member of the officer.<\/p>\n<p>Even the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has voiced <a href=\"https:\/\/riaclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/180302_analysis_RedFlagsLegislation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">concern<\/a> about the state&#8217;s red flag law when it come to a person&#8217;s due process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone who argues that red flag doesn\u2019t remove due process doesn\u2019t understand:<\/p>\n<p>A) what due process is<br \/>B) what red flag law is<br \/>C) the basics about the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1536719287649460224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fact: A third of red flag orders are wrongly issued <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioCW6J8MhL\">https:\/\/t.co\/ioCW6J8MhL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1536720662261276673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Red flag laws in states like California allow both these things. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2FDTzXWvqB\">https:\/\/t.co\/2FDTzXWvqB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1536704563943809024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good rule of thumb: If <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiFact?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PolitiFact<\/a> says it, believe the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no due process with \u201cred flag\u201d laws, hence their popularity with the left. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFyEjECBQS\">https:\/\/t.co\/pFyEjECBQS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanBishop\/status\/1536715695098155009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Really? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z23bJ1gT9F\">pic.twitter.com\/z23bJ1gT9F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1536725424646103040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In an era when the FBI labels parents protesting at schooling boards meetings as &#8216;domestic terrorists&#8217;, it seems incredibly naive to think that red flag laws won&#8217;t be used to disarm political enemies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/primalpoly\/status\/1536707360571400197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of red flag laws when it comes to firearms has been brought back to the forefront of the national conversation in the aftermath of the mass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1516466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}