Reader John Dingell III writes: New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has just ratcheted up the extreme risk protection order or “red flag” law game by several degrees. He has proposed legislation which would enable teachers and other school officials to petition courts to ‘block access to guns by students.’ Translated from the newspeak, this legislation […]
“Due process is part of the (gun violence restraining order) law. By far, as the WaPo discusses, most of the lives saved will be the subject person’s own, but this law, now in effect in Florida, would almost certainly have prevented the Parkland massacre.” – Donald Sensing at Sense of Events [via senseofevents.blogspot.com]
“An Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) empowers family members and police to take guns away from a person who may pose a danger to themselves or others,” abcnews.go.com reports. “The person’s access to firearms is blocked until they can demonstrate that the risk is over. Essentially, ERPOs are a temporary restraining order for guns.” What […]
