Kamala Harris' decision to focus on white nationalists comes at a moment when there's been a growing push to enact red flag laws.
Kamala Harris on Wednesday said if elected president she will press Congress to pass a red flag law that would allow law enforcement officials to temporarily seize the firearms of white nationalists that may be on the verge of carrying out a hate crime.
Twelve states passed red flag laws — orders that typically are issued for two or three weeks — following last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead. President Trump and Republican lawmakers, who in the past have been resistant to restricting gun owners’ rights, have embraced red flag laws in the aftermath of mass shootings this month in El Paso and Dayton.
Such a provision exists, for example, in the NCTC-constructed “no fly list” that prohibits individuals deemed to be a security risk from traveling on commercial aircraft. Harris rolled out the new policy ideas as many of the two dozen Democrats running for the 2020 presidential nomination try to standout as gun control champions with the nation’s gun laws once again in the spotlight following this month’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
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