William J. Kemble reports in The Daily Freeman that Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook) told Kingston school board members March 23 that he is working on making schools safer from shootings. "I ... [endorsed] the initiative to get mental health funding that we were able to put in this omnibus [federal spending] bill,” said Faso during the meeting. “We’re working on ... a ‘red flag’ law.... This is modeled after a law in Indiana ... [which] would allow a family member or school, if there’s a particular individual that might [be] exhibiting signs of being destructive to themselves or others, that in the case of firearms they would be able to petition a court to remove the firearms. Then the judge would ultimately make the decision on whether or not they should continue to be withheld from the individual.” Friday spoke with the school administrators the day before millions of students and citizens marched around the country at protests against school shootings, organized after 17 were killed at a Florida school Feb. 14. Faso received $5,950 in 2016 from the National Rifle Association. On December 6, Faso voted for the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which takes away the right of individual states such as New York to determine what qualifications a person must meet before being allowed to carry a concealed firearm in its borders. Instead, the state with the least regulation makes policy for all other states, since its concealed carry rules would be law everywhere. The International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys opposed the bill. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.