Former FBI Official Tells Fox News He Supports Red-Flag Laws Even Though ‘As A Conservative, I Don’t Like Gun Control’

Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker admitted to Fox News Thursday that he supported red-flag laws to take guns away from risky individuals even though he said he did not like gun control.

Swecker made the comments while discussing the mass shooting and subsequent manhunt for suspect Robert Card, who was charged with eight counts of murder so far.

“Why does this keep happening? Are warning signs missed?” Kayleigh McEnany asked.

“Oh, absolutely. I always say in these mass shootings that there are signs. Some more extreme than others. But in this case, it was very extreme; he was flashing red.”

“Wow,” McEnany responded.

Swecker continued:

He looked for help. You know, he had ideations of committing violence against his own National Guard unit. He had restraining orders, domestic violence incidents. I don’t know if there are another set of facts where someone was more flashing red. And in this case, you know, as a conservative, I don’t like gun control, but I do believe that there’s room for these red-flag laws so the sheriff’s deputy or someone can go out and there and get an order, go to the house, take the guns.

Look, we get civil restraining orders everyday. As an attorney, I do it quite a bit. And it’s the showing of evidence to a third party, a magistrate or a judge, and they make a decision, they issue an order, and law enforcement serves the order, and in this case, if it were in a perfect world, they would even be able to go in the house and take any guns that are present. You don’t just go to the door and say, “Can I have your gun?” You go to the door, service the order, and go inside, and find the guns and take them. And then you might take further step to have the person institutionalized for a period of time. I think in some places it’s two weeks; some places, longer.

A manhunt remained underway for Card as of Thursday afternoon.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.