NEW YORK — As gun violence in America continues to take lives, lawmakers are pushing states to implement 'red flag' laws, which allow law enforcement or family members to ask a civil court to temporarily remove guns from a person who poses a risk to themselves or others.
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The bill also enhanced background checks for people under the age of 21 and closed a so-called"boyfriend loophole," by preventing individuals in serious dating relationships who have been convicted of domestic violence from being able to purchase a gun."There's many documented cases of use of red flag laws in circumstances and when people are threatening or saying they're going to commit mass shootings.
Webster also said there is evidence these laws reduce suicide risk, which is the most common reason these orders are issued. "If nobody knows about it, it's not used, it's not scaled up, the police don't have experience using it or aren't accustomed to doing that, [or] you don't have the infrastructure or the protocols in mind for it to become routine, you can't expect it to do any good," Swanson said.
After the July 4 shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, police revealed they had deemed the suspect, Robert Crimo III, a"clear and present danger" after a family member revealed he had threatened to"kill everyone," according to police records. While Illinois has a"red flag" law in place, Webster said the state's law does not apply a"prospective" approach that would have prevented Crimo from obtaining guns in the months after he made the threats. Webster said it is worth considering preventing people who pose a threat from being able to get guns for a certain span of time.
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