Texas state Senate Bill 1362, titled the “Anti-Red Flag Act,” outlaws any Texas entity from recognizing, serving, or enforcing “extreme risk protective orders” that are not issued under Texas law. These orders are defined as those with the “primary purpose of reducing the risk of death or injury related to a firearm” by “prohibiting a person from owning, possessing, or receiving a firearm” or “requiring a person to surrender” one, “not issued on the basis of conduct that resulted in a criminal charge,” and declares that any federal rule or law that infringes on a person’s “right of due process, keeping and bearing arms, or free speech” through a red flag order “shall have no effect.”
It also creates a new crime: anyone who “serves or enforces or attempts to serve or enforce” such an order commits a state jail felony. The bill explicitly proscribes state entities from accepting any sort of “federal grant funds” related to red flag enforcement… And yeah, the bill’s ready for Republican Governor “Low Energy Greg” Abbott’s signature, per the Texas Tribune. So is another one legalizing sawed-off shotguns and one outlawing local gun buyback programs. Yeehaw libtards!