User:Agomezgarcia/Red flag laws

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Oregon

In the first 22 months that Oregon's law was in effect (January 1, 2018–October 31, 2019), 166 petitions were filed in Oregon for an extreme risk protection order. Of the 166 petitions, 112 were for people at risk of suicide and 39 related to domestic violence; 26 petitions involved both suicide risk and domestic violence.[38] An Oregon Public Broadcasting review found that the petitions concerned individuals in crisis, with the majority of petitions citing "multiple factors such as threats of violence, use of physical force, owning or attempting to purchase deadly weapons, prior convictions and use of controlled substances."[38] The Oregon courts granted 122 petitions (73% of those filed). The remaining 44 petitions (27% of those filed) did not result in the issuance of an order, either because a judge denied the petition (in 32 cases) or the request was withdrawn (in 12 cases).[38] Counties varied widely in the level of usage of the process: most petitions were filed in Washington and Multnomah counties, respectively, while 11 counties did not issue any ERPOs and 7 counties issued a single ERPO.[38]

Jacob Sullum, a columnist for Reason magazine, questioned "the very concept of 'red flags" and whether "experts can reliably distinguish between harmless oddballs and future murderers," and, citing a 2012 Department of Defense study,[131] stated that "even if certain "red flags" are common among mass shooters, almost none of the people who display those signs are bent on murderous violence."[132]

The National Rifle Association (NRA) had previously argued that red flag laws unnecessarily hamper the right to due process of individuals restrained by them, and worked to defeat such legislation in Utah and Maryland.

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 * ^ The five Republicans who supported the bill were Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Chris Jacobs of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, and Fred Upton of Michigan. Four of the five Republicans who voted "yes" had previously announced that they would not seek reelection in 2022. One Democrat, who voted against the bill was Representative Jared Golden of Maine.

News coverage on Extreme RIsk Protection Orders in non-passing vs passing states Post 2018 Parkland School Shooting
After the 2018 Parkland school shooting ERPOs that where were introduced into legislation and passed were more likely to be published about in news media outlets on a national scale then ERPOs that were not passed in there introduced state. Articles that did pass them were significantly like to address the policy by its offical. States that didn't were using the term "red flag" when describing it. They were also more like to use less hostile/restricitve wording when addressing the the suspresion of access to firearms. Articles of passing-ERPOs were also word in ways to make it seem like incidents like was or could be prevented by the implementations of these ERPOs. Aubel et al even points out that more statwe legislations are more likely to consider ERPOs after the Biden administration shows supports towards the policies.