\n\n“Florida\u2019s Republican-controlled legislature passed a law, later signed by Republican Gov. Rick Scott, that raised the age to buy long guns, including AR-15-style rifles, from 18 to 21; required a three-day waiting period between when a firearm is purchased and when the buyer can get access to that gun; allowed trained school staff to carry guns; and put $400 million toward mental health services and school security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also created an extreme risk law, or \u201cred flag law,\u201d that can bar individuals who are believed to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms \u2014 a measure that has gotten increasing attention in the wake of the recent streak of mass shootings as a policy solution that could draw bipartisan support nationally and in other states.”… “Florida\u2019s Republican-controlled legislature passed a law, later signed by Republican Gov. Rick Scott, that raised the age to buy long guns, including AR-15-style rifles, from 18 to 21; required a three-day waiting period between when a firearm is purchased and when the buyer can get access to that gun; allowed trained school staff to carry guns; and put $400 million toward mental health services and school security.<\/p>\n It also created an extreme risk law, or \u201cred flag law,\u201d that can bar individuals who are believed to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms \u2014 a measure that has gotten increasing attention in the wake of the recent streak of mass shootings as a policy solution that could draw bipartisan support nationally and in other states.”<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n “Florida\u2019s red flag law allows the police to petition a judge for what\u2019s called an \u201cextreme risk protection order,\u201d which can temporarily bar an individual from having a gun for up to a year. Police have to provide evidence that the individual poses \u201csignificant danger\u201d to themselves or the public, which can include recent violent acts or threats of violence. If the individual continues to pose such a danger after one year, police can seek a one-time extension for another year.”<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n “Florida\u2019s red flag law has been identified as a potential model for other red states. But at the moment, it doesn\u2019t seem as though there is a critical mass of Republicans who are interested in enacting red flag laws in states that don\u2019t already have them. That\u2019s true even in Texas and Oklahoma, where Republican lawmakers haven\u2019t budged in the wake of the Uvalde and Tulsa shootings.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[471,113,112,109,1687],"class_list":["post-8360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-florida","tag-gun-control","tag-gun-laws","tag-guns","tag-red-flag-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8361,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions\/8361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“Florida\u2019s red flag law allows the police to petition a judge for what\u2019s called an \u201cextreme risk protection order,\u201d which can temporarily bar an individual from having a gun for up to a year. Police have to provide evidence that the individual poses \u201csignificant danger\u201d to themselves or the public, which can include recent violent acts or threats of violence. If the individual continues to pose such a danger after one year, police can seek a one-time extension for another year.”
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“Florida\u2019s red flag law has been identified as a potential model for other red states. But at the moment, it doesn\u2019t seem as though there is a critical mass of Republicans who are interested in enacting red flag laws in states that don\u2019t already have them. That\u2019s true even in Texas and Oklahoma, where Republican lawmakers haven\u2019t budged in the wake of the Uvalde and Tulsa shootings.”
https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/23158755\/florida-red-flag-law<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"