mental-health officials testified before the senate judiciary committee about proposed legislation that would allow federal courts to either temporarily or permanently bar certain people from buying or owning guns. state laws unknown as extreme risk laws were discussed as possible models for federal legislation. the states include california, florida, washington, vermont and connecticut. this is about two hours and 15 minutes. the chair, senator lindsey graham, is taking his seat. chairman graham: there will be a robust due process component. we will have a witness to talk about how you make a determination. thiseason we are having erring is because of senator blumenthal. nobody has been more passionate about trying to find a solution. it is not the solution he would prefer sometimes, it is just doing something rather than nothing. and senator durbin has been that way about immigration for years, so i believe senator blumenthal, that after today we can define the problem. a l
live at 7:00 a.m. join the discussion. law enforcement and mental-health officials testified before the senate judiciary committee about proposed legislation that would allow federal courts to either temporarily or permanently bar certain people from buying or owning guns. state laws known as extreme risk laws were discussed as possible models for federal legislation. those states include california, chairman graham: there will be a robust due process component. we will have a witness to talk about how you make a determination. one reason we are having this erring is because of senator blumenthal. nobody has been more passionate about trying to find a solution. it is not the solution he would prefer sometimes, it is just doing something rather than doing nothing. and senator durbin has been that way about immigration for years, believe that, senator blumenthal, that after today we can define the problem. there are a lot of people may be worried that the government is going
we are trying to identify people in our communities that are exhibiting pretty extreme behavior in terms of mental health issues where they become a danger to themselves and others and allow law enforcement and sometimes family members to go to a court to say, this person needs some help and we need to stop violence before it occurs. there will be a robust due process component. we will have witnesses. 15 states that have a form of this and one of the reasons we are having this hearing is because of senator blumenthal. no one has been more passionate about trying to find a solution. it is not sometimes the solution he would prefer but it is doing something rather than doing nothing. and senator durbin has been that way about immigration for years. i believe that senator blumenthal, that after today, we can define the problem. a lot of people may be worried if the government is going to come and take your guns? and the answer is no. but there will be a process for law enforc
an enemy they couldn t see hear or feel. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. the senate judiciary committee earlier this weekend held a hearing on legislation allowing federal courts to temporarily or permanently bar certain people from owning guns. law enforcement officials and mental health professionals testified at the hearing. if you ve in the already done so, please silence your cell phones. i apologize for being late .hearing will come to order. this hearing today is to examine red flag laws for lack of a better term we re trying to identify people in our communities that are exhibiting pretty extreme behavior in terms of mental health issues, where they ve become a danger to themselves and others and allow law enforcement and sometimes family members to go to a court to say this person needs some help, and we need to stop violence before it occurs. there will abrobust due process component. we ll have a witness talk about the kind of due process
mind. law enforcement officers and mental health professionals tech testified today about allowing courts to prohibit some people from possessing firearms. south carolina senator lindsey graham is the chair of the committee. i apologize for being late. the hearing will come to order. this hearing today is to examine red flag laws for lack of a better term. we re trying to identify people in our communities that are exhibiting pretty extreme behavior in terms of mental health issues where they become a danger to themselves and others and allow law enforcement and sometimes family members to go to a court to say, this person needs some help. we need to stop violence before it occurs. there will be a robust due process component. we ll have a witness talk about the kind of due process you need to make such a determination. there are 15 states that have a form of this. and one of the reasons we re having this hearing is because of senator blumenthal. nobody has been more pass