Original sentence: After the Virginia Beach shooting, Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, called the Republican-controlled General Assembly into special session to consider gun-control legislation.In the United States, a red flag law is a gun control law that permits police or family members to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves.Virginia: The Virginia General Assembly voted down red-flag legislation in its January 2019 session
Edited sentence: After the Virginia Beach shooting, Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, called the Republican-controlled General Assembly into special session to consider unconstitutional gun-control legislation.In the United States, a red flag law is an unconstitutional gun control law that permits police or family members to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves.Virginia: The Virginia General Assembly voted down unconstitutional red-flag legislation in its January 2019 session