GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders

By: Chip Brownlee for The Trace

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 1,330

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America.

On May 18, 2018, a teenager at Santa Fe High School in Texas walked into the school armed with his father’s guns and opened fire, killing eight students and two teachers. Evidence later showed the teen had been experiencing a severe and spiraling mental health crisis leading up to the attack.

But Texas had no mechanism that …

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