The law requires certain steps be taken before a weapon can be removed by courts or law enforcement.
Robert Card, the 40-year-old Army reservist accused of killing numerous people in mass shootings Maine was reportedly committed to a mental health facility this year.
Jaclyn Schildkraut, executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute, says policies are only as good as the people behind them. Broadly, Red flag laws allow courts to remove or prevent individuals who show signs of being a danger to themselves or others from having access to firearms.
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