Pennsylvania lawmakers want to pass a red flag gun law to help battle the mental health crisis. MattPetrillo reports.
NARBERTH, Pa. — It’s a sobering statistic. Suicides accounted for more than half of U.S. gun deaths in 2020, according to recently published data by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, elected officials in Pennsylvania are working to pass a red flag gun law in the commonwealth.
That’s in part why some state lawmakers say a red flag gun law in Pennsylvania is needed now more than ever. “We know in states where they have had red flag laws to take guns away from individuals who are at extreme risks to themselves can save lives,” Haywood said.A Republican lawmaker from Montgomery County points out that most gun deaths are suicides, but he says a red flag law could curb that.
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