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August 18, 2026

Are Nevada's Red Flag Laws Doing Enough for Gun Safety?

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Are Nevada's Red Flag Laws Doing Enough for Gun Safety?

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Las Vegas has already seen more officer-involved shootings in 2026 than it did in all of 2025, and two high-profile incidents in the past two weeks have renewed the conversation about gun laws in Nevada. So we're revisiting a conversation Dayvid Figler had with Assemblymember Sandra Jauregui, one of the architects behind Nevada's gun safety legislation and a survivor of the Route 91 mass shooting, to dig into how Nevada's red flag laws have worked since they were implemented in 2020, and where they’re falling short.

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