 Vance opposes so-called red flag laws, which allow law enforcement officials to temporarily take firearms from someone who is deemed by a court to be an imminent threat to themselves or others. He opposes expanding background checks for gun purchases. Vance, a hedge fund millionaire, has called for cutting social safety nets such as Social Security and Medicare. Wants to cut them. Describes benefits under those programs as, quote, roadblocks to, quote, fiscal sanity.