"After King was arraigned at New Lebanon Town Justice Court, his spouse says he made a comment in the parking lot about how it would be easier to kill himself than deal with New York State laws. She says the comment was taken out of context, and he wasn’t remotely serious about it.



"Troopers took the comment seriously, later filing the Red Flag documents against him. It’s the first Red Flag case in Rensselaer County since the law took effect late last month."

"King was back in court on Friday, where he agreed to give up his guns for a year, based on the judge’s decision that there was 'clear and convincing evidence' that King posed a danger to himself and others."

You have a red flag system that only has a 5% false positive rate (which is unheard-of-ly excellent, but let's be maximally generous)

A 0% false negative rate (again, generous)

The population you're screening is 2 million people

And let's say 5000 people in that population are able to pass a NICS check but should be red flagged (again, likely generous)

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