extreme risk protection order
noun
US law
: a court order issued upon petition of a law enforcement officer, family member, or household member that temporarily removes access to firearms from a person shown to be a danger to himself or herself or to others
—abbreviation ERPO
compare red flag law
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These laws allow people to seek court orders known as extreme risk protection orders.
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Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
The law, passed in 2019, was a compromise between gun-rights and gun-control advocates to the red-flag laws in place in 21 US states and Washington, D.C., also known as an extreme risk protection order, Rocque said.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Forms for extreme risk protection orders can be found on the Minnesota court system website: https://www.mncourts.gov/GetForms.aspx?c=36.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
Texas has no red flag law – also known as an extreme risk protection order law – that would allow authorities to take weapons from a person thought to be in crisis.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
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Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
The law, passed in 2019, was a compromise between gun-rights and gun-control advocates to the red-flag laws in place in 21 US states and Washington, D.C., also known as an extreme risk protection order, Rocque said.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Forms for extreme risk protection orders can be found on the Minnesota court system website: https://www.mncourts.gov/GetForms.aspx?c=36.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
Texas has no red flag law – also known as an extreme risk protection order law – that would allow authorities to take weapons from a person thought to be in crisis.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
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