Red flag laws, explained – The Washington Post

Betty Q. Hixson

Placeholder while article actions load If an emerging bipartisan Senate deal on guns becomes law, one of the most significant provisions will be a federal push for states to set up red-flag laws. These laws allow a judge to take away someone’s gun based on the suspicion that they will […]

Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines over “systemic violations” of Colorado labor laws

Betty Q. Hixson

Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines after Colorado regulators found “systemic violations” of dozens of state labor laws, including sick leave policies for workers with COVID-19. But the Dallas-based airline, which is Denver International Airport’s second-largest carrier, is firing back through a series of newly filed legal challenges, including […]

Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws

Betty Q. Hixson

Tragedies like those recently suffered in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, cause many Americans to voice an understandable—if misguided—urge for politicians to “just do something.” Many of the laws for which they reflexively call—such as universal background checks and bans on so-called assault weapons—suffer from a host of constitutional and practical defects. […]

Opinion | Our gun laws were built on fantasy and terror

Betty Q. Hixson

Placeholder while article actions load Those who designed and built America’s horrifying status quo on guns are now begging us to talk about anything else. We must not “politicize” the latest mass shooting, they say, by exploring what made it possible and what policies we might change to make such […]