As of fall 2021, more than 300 extreme risk protection orders had been issued in New Jersey over the first two years of the red-flag law’s effective date. NJ's red-flag gun law: What you need to ...

Red flag laws are back in the news with a $40 million lawsuit filed by a Virginia teacher who was shot earlier this year by one of her students.. Abigail “Abby” Zwerner, a first-grade teacher ...

Still, proponents of red flag laws caution that they aren’t a magic fix to gun violence. For example, the Illinois Firearms Restraining Order Act , which passed in 2018, hasn’t been used much.

Red flag laws, most of which came into effect over the last four years, ... In New Jersey in 2019, police took seven guns from a man threatening on Facebook to attack a Walmart.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have red flag laws, which authorize courts to issue temporary orders enabling law enforcement to remove firearms from people who are deemed dangerous.

Editorial Counterpoint: Red-flag law will harm, not help. The law does not get struggling Minnesotans the help that they need. By Nick Majerus. January 16, 2024 at 11:30PM.