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45 Law & Psychol. Rev. 39 (2020-2021)
Red Flag Laws: Proceed with Caution

handle is hein.journals/lpsyr45 and id is 49 raw text is: RED FLAG LAWS: PROCEED WITH CAUTION David B. Kopel* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 40 I. PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT STATUTES AND THE GIFFORDS-BLOOMBERG MODEL A. About a Third of Gun Confiscation Orders Are Wrongly Issued against Innocent People...................................................................... 43 B. The Giffords Organization Blocked a Model Law From the Conference of Chief Justices and the Uniform Law Commission........... 46 C. Extremist Laws Will Not Be Enforced in Many Jurisdictions........47 D . Social Science Studies ................................................................. 51 E. Badly Written Confiscation Laws Endanger Public Safety ...... 55 II. FAIR PROCEDURES FOR PETITIONS AND HEARINGS ......................... 59 A. Procedural Due Process Constitutional Issues ........................... 59 B. Petitions Should Be Filed After an Investigation By Law E nforcem ent................................................................................ 60 C. Ex Parte Orders Should Be Allowed Only When There Is a Showing of G ood Cause.................................................................................... 62 D. An Extreme Risk Protection order Should Be About Extreme R isks......................................................................................... . 64 E. Telephonic Testimony Should Be Allowed Only When There Is a Showing of Good Cause ............................................................ 65 F. Petition Forms Should Not Treat The Exercise of Constitutional Rights As Inherently Suspicious ................................................ 66 G. Standards of Proof, Continuances, and Reasonable A lternatives .................................................................................. 67 H . Right To Counsel ....................................................................... 69 I. Right of Cross-Examination ..................................................... 70 J. Venue Should Be Where The Respondent Lives ...........................71 K. Mandatory Announcement of Orders to Third Parties Should Be Carefully Regulated ............................................................................ 72 L. Concealed Carry Restoration for the Falsely Accused ...............72 M. Civil Remedy for Malicious and False Petitions.........................73