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In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“; also known as a risk-based gun removal law, [1]) is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger.
New Mexico's Red Flag law also allows for an individual subject to an ERFPO to sell or transfer seized/surrendered firearms to a licensed firearms dealer or other non-prohibited buyer, after the buyer has passed a NICS background check. Authorities in some rural jurisdictions have refused to enforce New Mexico's Red Flag Law. [126] [127]
Nineteen states already have some form of these laws on the books, which allow authorities to issue “extreme risk protection orders” or “gun violence restraining orders” to temporarily ...
[19] Sen. John Barrasso, the third-ranking Senate Republican, said he had "a lot of concerns" about red flag laws. [20] On June 9, 2022, the House passed (Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order),a bill to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others. [21]
A previous version of the bill, referred to as a "red-flag law," was first filed in 2019 and also had bipartisan support, backed by then-state Sen. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, and Sen. Paul ...
After the Lewiston shooting, scrutiny over unheeded warning signs and Maine's "yellow flag" gun law sparks bipartisan momentum for "red flag" laws.
Georgia also doesn't have a "red flag" law, which allows law enforcement or even family members to ask a court to temporarily remove or prevent the purchase of guns from a person at risk of ...
A total of 19 states have laws that allow authorities to seize guns from people ruled to pose serious danger to themselves or others, but skeptics question how effective these measures really are.