I apologize if you all are getting tired of me giving real experience stories. This one is a Mental Health and Guns real story I was very much a part.
I was a deputy/investigator at the S.O. A friend of mine and his wife were having some marital issues. I had known his wife for many years. Over the years he had and I had discussed his being diagnosed as bi-polar disorder, treatments, symptoms, etc. I called and she told me he was on a long term manic high, buying swords, other stuff, sleeping with swords and guns, doing other non-characteristic stuff for him.
In our state, we have had a statue for years where a family member or a sworn officer can go in front of a judge and get a court order for a 72 hour "hold" for mental evaluation for the person's safety and well being. This time it worked. I was part of the team, as advisor and backup, that went to the house and took him into custody. The wife and I searched the house and found loaded guns in multiple places, and the aforementioned swords, etc. Anyway, he was found to be in a mental state that needed serious "in custody" treatment and spent several months in an institution. They divorced. His guns and swords were not returned to him.
The point is; laws are already in place in some/most states to take care of the problem, IF the family will go to a TRUSTED LEO or Attorney, explain the situation, and then do the due process to get an evaluation pickup, 72 hour hold, and an evaluation hearing. It is not fun, not pleasant, and does alienate family members and friends, sometimes for life. Any sworn officer can go before the judge and do it. Is the system perfect? Far from it. BUT, it's still better than having someone go on a rampage and taking lives.
Am I for Red Flag laws? No, because laws already exist to to take care of the situation. At least in my experience.
As I understand it, the proposal is for more or less immediate seizure of weapons without due process. That violates constitutional law IMO.