Red flag laws to disarm those who are imminently a threat to themselves or others
Support red flag laws.
Occurrences
He promises to be "ferocious in supporting members who will vote for ... red flag laws"
And we need to adopt the common-sense suite of Massachusetts measures to reduce gun violence: background checks, safe storage, red-flag laws, and more.
Evidence
We need to adopt the common-sense suite of Massachusetts measures to reduce gun violence: background checks, safe storage, red-flag laws, and more.
H.R. 7599 | Cosponsored — To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders. | 02/17/26
Auchincloss' official gun-violence issue page says he supports adopting Massachusetts-style measures including red-flag laws.
Congress.gov says H.R.2377 authorized federal extreme risk protection orders and describes those laws as red flag laws.
House Clerk roll call 255 lists the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act as passed and records Auchincloss voting Yea.
Congress.gov says the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act became Public Law 117-159 and allowed JAG grants for extreme-risk-protection-order programs.
House Clerk roll call 299 records Auchincloss voting Yea on the House vote agreeing to the Senate amendments to S.2938.
His official sponsored-legislation page lists H.R.7599 as cosponsored: a bill to authorize issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Congress.gov identifies H.R.7599 as a 119th Congress bill to authorize issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Assessments
Auchincloss explicitly supported red-flag laws on his official House issue page and, during the relevant federal House term, voted Yea on H.R.2377, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022. He also voted for final House approval of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which became Public Law 117-159 and included federal support for state extreme-risk-protection-order/red-flag-law programs. Because the promise was to support red flag laws rather than singlehandedly enact a standalone federal ERPO law, these official statements and votes satisfy the promise in the same term.
Auchincloss’s official issue page explicitly endorses red-flag laws, and his sponsored-legislation page shows he cosponsored an extreme risk protection orders bill. That is direct, current-term support for the policy promised.
The promise was to support red flag laws, not necessarily to enact a federal red flag law. In office, Auchincloss publicly endorsed red-flag laws on his official gun-violence issue page and cosponsored H.R. 7599, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026, which would authorize federal extreme risk protection orders. H.R. 7599 had only been introduced and referred to committee as of February 17, 2026, so it does not show enactment of a new federal red-flag law, but it is sufficient to fulfill a support pledge during his current House term.