“Fact checkers:” Red flag laws are not “confiscation”

In addition to the thousands of candidates running for various federal, state, and local elected offices today, there are numerous ballot initiatives being presented to voters. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the Second Amendment is on the ballot in some states, such as the red flag law being proposed in Wisconsin and endorsed by Governor Tony Evers. As with most such laws, this one would allow a judge to order the police to immediately remove any firearms from the home of a person who is suspected of potentially posing a danger to themselves or others. The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) began running a radio advertising campaign to oppose the law, but Politifact quickly jumped in to “fact check” the ad, labeling it “mostly false.” But as the NRA-ILA points out, this is yet another example of a supposed “fact check” being far more of a case of biased political sleight-of-hand than any sort of factual analysis.Read More