From what I understand, the "red flag" provisions are NOT "mandatory". The bill would "encourage" states (and would fund them) to enact "red flag" laws in their states. The fact that this even needed to be asked of them tells you all you need to know about the chances of that ever happening in some of the most extremist RW loon states.
Bipartisan Gun Bill Clears Initial Vote in Senate
By Emily Cochrane and Annie Karni
Published June 21, 2022 Updated June 23, 2022
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The 80-page bill, called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, would enhance background checks, giving authorities up to 10 business days to review the juvenile and mental health records of gun purchasers younger than 21, and
direct millions toward helping states implement so-called red-flag laws, which allow authorities to temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed dangerous, as well as other intervention programs.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/us/politics/senate-gun-safety-bill.html
And so which states had them before this? Below as of 2019 -
What Are ‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws, and How Do They Work?
By Timothy Williams
Aug. 6, 2019
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What are red flag laws?
They are state laws that authorize courts to issue a special type of protection order, allowing the police to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or to others. Often, the request for the order will come from relatives or friends concerned about a loved one who owns one or more guns and has expressed suicidal thoughts or discussed shooting people. The authorities may also request an order.
How long the guns are taken away under these “extreme risk protection orders” depends on the circumstances, and can usually be extended only after another court hearing. The orders also bar the person they cover from purchasing guns.
How many states have one now?
At least 17 states now have approved some version of a red flag law, including Florida, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana and California. Before the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., only five states had such laws. California’s law is among the most elaborate. It was the first to permit family members to petition the courts directly for orders to confiscate weapons from relatives. Earlier laws in Connecticut and other states generally required the public to make reports to prosecutors or the police, who would decide whether to petition the courts.
California’s law was enacted after a gunman killed six people and wounded 14 others in 2014 near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. New York’s is one of the most recent to be adopted. It allows teachers as well as family members and others to petition the courts for protective orders. (New York already had a law denying gun permits to people reported by mental health professionals to be a danger to themselves or others.) Nevada and Hawaii have also approved red flag laws this year.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/red-flag-laws.html
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