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This is why it’s so important that we get ERPO in every state.
“Wintemute and his colleagues could find no evidence that any of the 21 people whose guns had been seized had subsequently made good on their threats or otherwise committed an act of fatal violence”
“Wintemute and his colleagues could find no evidence that any of the 21 people whose guns had been seized had subsequently made good on their threats or otherwise committed an act of fatal violence”
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) are ways that people that are a danger to themselves or someone else can be disarmed through due process.
They could have prevented Parkland and are currently preventing other shootings in the 17 states and DC where they have been created
They could have prevented Parkland and are currently preventing other shootings in the 17 states and DC where they have been created
They have some bipartisan support in Congress and the Senate with Republicans like @marcorubio and others that support it but we need to pass ERPO in every state with the federal government providing funding for the states that have passed ERPO.
