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Five years ago, California became one of the first states in the nation to enact a so-called red flag gun law, allowing family members and police officers to ask a court to block those believed to be a risk to themselves or others from having firearms. Now, as other legislatures weigh adopting similar laws, state officials said Friday that a record 1,285 gun-violence restraining orders were issued by judges in California last year, temporarily removing firearms from people deemed a danger.
Though many courts were operating under restrictions or remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they received petitions for the orders at a greater rate than the year before, when guns were taken from 1,110 people.
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Flowers, signs and mementos hang along a fence outside a King Supers grocery store in Boulder on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after 10 people, including a Boulder Police officer, were killed there days earlier.
The first of three bills introduced after the mass shooting at a King Soopers in Boulder cleared its first committee late Wednesday night.
If it becomes law, the bill would prevent people from buying a firearm for five years after being convicted of certain violent misdemeanors, including some crimes of child abuse, sexual assault, cruelty to animals, and violating a protection order.
The man arrested for the shooting in Boulder pled guilty to a violent misdemeanor for punching a high school classmate in 2017. Investigators say he passed a background check in order to buy his gun.
By Sarina Sandoval and Hannah Poukish Sacramento PUBLISHED 12:37 PM PT Apr. 20, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:37 PM PDT Apr. 20, 2021
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A research team at the University of California, Davis has been studying the data on mass shootings in the United States and looking for ways to prevent them in the future.
What You Need To Know
The Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis Health has been studying data on mass shootings in the United States
Dr. Garen Wintemute, the director of the program, says deadly shootings can be stopped if the signs are caught in time
According to his research, 80% of people who commit acts of violence show signs of their intentions in advance
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