Red flag laws, or Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPOs), temporarily prohibit individuals deemed a danger from having firearms. A 2023 CDC dataset shows states with red flag laws generally have lower ...

Guns are a big topic in Lansing right now as lawmakers push to overturn a law that allows judges to temporarily order the ...

The warning signs were ominous. A University of Minnesota student was spotted staring at a computer game that lets players pretend they are going on a killing spree at a middle school. A classmate ...

Red flag laws can be an effective tool to prevent mass shootings and suicides by allowing for the temporary removal of guns ...

As the Michigan House Judiciary Committee debated overturning the state’s red flag law, gun rights advocates aired their ...

Thumbs up to law enforcement in the city off Mankato for its proactive and protective use of Minnesota new red flag law that allows guns to be removed from people who are likely to harm themselves or ...

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access ...

Nicole Hockley, a mother who lost her son in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 13 years ago — and is now the CEO of Sandy Hook Promise — says red flag laws can help ...

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