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In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“) 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.
“Red flag” laws, found in more than a dozen states across the US, are also known as Extreme Risk Protection Order laws – and they allow courts to temporarily seize firearms from anyone...
What are red flag laws? These laws allow people to petition for the temporary confiscation of an individual's firearms if that person is deemed to be a risk to...
In a near-unanimous ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court set the outer bounds on the constitutional right to bear firearms that it has been expanding for almost two decades. As in other recent...
Some states have tried, and more have debated, enacting measures called red flag laws, which are intended to restrict potentially dangerous people rather than dangerous weapons. That approach...
"Red flag” laws allow law enforcement or family members to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from individuals if they pose a danger to themselves or...
California’s red flag law, which allows people to obtain gun violence restraining orders (GVROs), went into effect seven years ago. Since then, GVROs have been credited with deterring at least 58 potential mass shootings and other types of gun violence in California, including suicides.
"Red flag" laws allow courts to issue orders to temporarily confiscate the firearms of individuals deemed to be a risk to others or themselves.
Red flag laws, or Extreme Risk Protection Orders, are state laws that allow law enforcement — with a court order — to temporarily seize guns from someone considered a danger to themselves or others.
As gun violence in America continues to take lives, lawmakers are pushing states to implement "red flag" laws, which allow law enforcement or family members to ask a civil court to temporarily remove guns from a person who poses a risk to themselves or others.