Miller pointed to a study from the University of California Davis School of Medicine which found when guns were taken away from people deemed at risk when a shooting was threatened, those acts were not carried out in 58 cases.
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The federal legislation would provide $750 million to states for implementation, which would involve training law enforcement and prosecutors on how to effectively carry out these laws. “No single solution will prevent shootings, but we must take advantage of tools that can be effective.” “This is a common-sense, scientifically supported solution to a crisis,” Miller said in a news release. He said the state Legislature should pass a “red flag” law, and said that their ineffectiveness in cases like the Illinois shooting were because officials did not know how to properly implement the new measure. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller disagreed. The state law did not prevent the July 4 shooting, which killed seven people and left 46 people wounded. Illinois is one of 19 states, alongside the District of Columbia, which already have red flag gun laws. Reynolds said the Highland Park shooting illustrates why these laws are not enough to stop mass shootings. In the past two months, there have been two shootings in public spaces in Iowa. The new law is Congress’ response to the string of mass shootings around the country, from a school in Uvalde, Texas, a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and most recently a parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
“No matter how many laws or rules you have on the books, if somebody has evil in their heart, you can’t handle that,” Reynolds said. But she did say that laws restricting gun access have not stopped mass shootings in other states. Reynolds did not say at a news conference Tuesday whether she supported passing such a measure in Iowa. President Joe Biden recently signed into law a bill that includes funding for states that pass legislation allowing authorities and family members to seek a court order for temporarily confiscating firearms from a person at risk of causing harm to themselves or others. Kim Reynolds was tight-lipped this week on whether Iowa would implement “red flag” gun safety laws in light of Congress passing legislation which would offer states federal funding for their implementation.
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