EditorDavePerryEDITORIAL: Give the life-saving power of 'red flag' laws to those who need it most
TheAuroraSentinelEDITORIAL: Give the life-saving power of 'red flag' laws to those who need it most
NonilexA month later, there were 2 massive fires on Willey's property. In 2 years, Webb heard from community members that he intended to shoot her if she stepped onto his land again.
A govt atty encouraged Webb to use Maryland's #RedFlag #law & submit a petition for an extreme-risk protection order, or #ERPO. This involved explaining to a judge, under oath, that Willey presented an imminent risk to Webb & her team, & why his #guns should be temporarily confiscated.
Chuck DarwinKamala Harris announces new office to implement ‘red flag’ laws
The White House has announced a new national office to support states implementing “#red #flag” laws to combat #gun #violence, an initiative funded by the justice department.
Kamala Harris made the announcement on Saturday during a visit to #Parkland, Florida, where she toured the site of the nation’s worst high school shooting, the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre that killed 17.
The vice-president met with victims’ families
– many of whom have been active in gun control advocacy since the shooting
– and visited the building where 14 students and three staff members were slain.
The launch of the federal 🔹Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center 🔹( #Erpo ) follows Joe Biden’s establishment of the White House 🔸Office of Gun Violence Prevention 🔸in September, which the president tapped Harris to lead.
Operated through the ⭐️Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions⭐️, and paid for by a justice department grant, Erpo is designed to help state and local governments, law enforcement, and others
– including behavioral health and social service providers
– “optimize” the use of red flag laws, Harris said.
It will provide training and technical assistance, including educational opportunities and workshops “for a wide variety of stakeholders”.
But the vice-president also acknowledged that red flag laws, which facilitate the temporary removal of firearms from a person a court believes capable of harming themselves or others, are not universally popular.
👉Only 21 states have implemented red flag laws, and the White House said that only six of those states had taken advantage of $750m in funding that the Biden administration made available through the 2022 ♦️Bipartisan Safer Communities Act ♦️(BSCA) for crisis-intervention initiatives such as red flag programs and mental health, drug and veteran treatment courts.
Harris called on the other 29 states to enact red flag laws and urged those that already have them to tap into the BSCA funds to support them.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/23/kamala-harris-red-flag-gun-control-laws?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
SpockoDavid Hogg talking to Joy Reid on May 27, 2022 about the use and effectiveness of #RedFlag laws. #ERPO #ExtremeRiskProtectionOrders
so let's bring up #RedFlag laws.
@joyannreid on @JoyAnnReid. NOTE the phrase he uses. He says, "through a court order with a right to due process" guns can be removed from people who are a risk to themselves or others.
They have been used thousanda of times. We need to tell these stories, becauae you don't hear about the gun that doesn't fire to kill someone.
Kelly Roskam (she/her)The court concludes that ERPOs satisfy due process. #ERPO #gunviolence
New case re #ERPO from New York disagreeing with G.W. v. C.N. which found #ERPO unconstitutionally deprived due process because unlike the Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39 #ERPO does not require a determination by a doctor. https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2023/2023-ny-slip-op-23099.html
You can read more on extreme risk protection orders here: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/health-policy-and-management/research-and-practice/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/solutions/firearm-removal-laws
#gunviolence #ERPO
#gunviolence #ERPO