The requirements for taking someone’s guns should be no lower than involuntarily committing someone to a mental hospital. And there MUST be stiff penalties for malicious false reports.
“And there MUST be stiff penalties for malicious false reports.”
Absolutely! Throw the f***ing book at anyone who commits felony perjury just to settle a grudge.
Only....the CA and CO Red Flag laws reduce the penalty for false official statements from a felony to a misdemeanor.
And anyone and I do mean ANYONE can denounce you anonymously to the po-po. Stalin is laughing in Hell.