Red Flag Law To Be Enforced In Garfield County, Despite 'Second Amendment Preservation'

On Monday, a crowd gathered to passionately implore the Garfield County Commissioners to become a “Second Amendment Preservation County.”

Once the commissioners signed a resolution stating as much, the crowd burst into rounds of applause. The county joined dozens of other Colorado counties in opposing the “Red Flag” bill, which Governor Polis is expected to soon sign into law.

It allows for family members or law enforcement to petition judges to remove guns from people deemed a threat to themselves or others.

What some see as a constitutional violation, others see as a life-saving measure.

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