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Adolescents in rural communities with prevention systems in place were 24% less likely to report carrying a handgun by the 12th grade than those in communities without such systems, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
In the first three years of California's 'red flag' law, nearly all Gun Violence Restraining Orders were filed by law enforcement.
The case is about “freedom and the right that the Second Amendment guarantees to protect yourself outside your home.”
In the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead, legislators in Washington, D.C., and across the country are debating “red flag” laws or extreme risk protection orders, or ERPOs. Such orders, known in California as gun violence restraining orders, or GVROs, are in place in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
A new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program shows that California’s “red flag” law was utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings during the first three years after it was implemented. The majority of GVROs (96.5%) were filed by law enforcement officers to prevent threatened violence.