I think this is the unfortunate crux of it. The Red Flag law is prone to failure unless the rest of the system gets tightened up, which unfortunately creates another catch-22.
Glad you appreciated my attempts at nuance though, and thanks for saying so!
I’m a pacifist, and I wish that no one had a gun. But the only thing worse than the United States’ largely free-for-all approach to guns is if government agents (inc. military/police) were the only ones allowed to have guns.
Here in Massachusetts, I know of more than one queer-focused shooting club, and I can completely understand where they’re coming from (moreso than the random white suburbanite in Ohio or wherever who has been convinced to believe that a snarling gang of feral immigrants are ready to pounce on his home at any time).
