Neighbors, Constables, and the Curious Invited to Learn When to Take Away the Shootin’ Iron

Meetings, particularly those with PowerPoint and weak coffee, might tickle your civic fancy. So, here’s one for you as the Attorney General’s office — that grand bunch of law-thinkers — is fixin’ to hold a training session, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., on April 10 about Nevada’s Red Flag Laws, which, in plain country English, means folks might soon know when and how to holler “Hold up!” before cousin Billy brings his squirrel rifle to Thanksgiving dinner again.

The law passed as a knee-jerk reaction after that tragic calamity in Las Vegas in October 2017—lets kinfolk, housemates, and peace officers file court papers to relieve firearms from anyone in crisis, temporarily as a way to keep your powder dry and tempers cooler than a Nevada night in December.

But then again, we all know ‘temporary’ government speak means ‘Never.’

The session ain’t just for lawyers and constables in polished boots. It’s for neighbors, too–the same ones who might hear angry voices through thin apartment walls or spot wild-eyed ramblings posted on the Internet and decide to tell Big Brother.

The idea is to give regular folks and the law alike a better handle on when to raise the flag, so to speak, and how to do it without stirring up a hornet’s nest of legal bother. So, if you’ve got a mind to understand this business — and maybe keep your neighborhood a bit safer — head over to TMCC.

Just remember–bring your curiosity, leave your sidearm at home because they like you disarmed and defenseless, and maybe pack a biscuit or two ’cause these meetings have a way of going long.