[QUOTE=AZgunguy;918022]I am familiar with the way things work, having done it enough times. I just feel a lot of people are putting their trust into something that is not going to stop any mass shootings, but it'll make people feel better. Obviously, there are a ton of people here who disagree with that. Just remember this discussion when the cops show up at your door with a court order to take your guns because someone thinks you aren't right in the head.
While I don't think red flag laws are the panacea that some feel they will be, I'm not sure your argument that they "are not going to stop any mass shootings" has any basis. Some people are too mentally ill to own firearms, fly aircraft, practice medicine or dentistry, or serve as police officers. While most responsible gun stores will not sell firearms to the clearly unbalanced, the dangerous mentally ill are unlikely to trigger alarms when they show up at a LGS. Moreover, they often lack the contacts and social skills to purchase a firearm illegally. Are you suggesting that everyone of those potential active shooters will somehow be able to obtain firearms?
Should any mentally ill person in society be allowed to own firearms? While most mentally ill people are not dangerous, some clearly are. Since institutionalization is clearly not an option, is there any level of mental illness in which a person should not possess firearms?