extreme risk protection order

noun

US law
: a court order issued upon petition of a law enforcement officer, family member, or household member that temporarily removes access to firearms from a person shown to be a danger to himself or herself or to others
abbreviation ERPO
compare red flag law

Examples of extreme risk protection order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These laws allow people to seek court orders known as extreme risk protection orders. Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024 The law, passed in 2019, was a compromise between gun-rights and gun-control advocates to the red-flag laws in place in 21 US states and Washington, D.C., also known as an extreme risk protection order, Rocque said. Emma Tucker, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024 Forms for extreme risk protection orders can be found on the Minnesota court system website: https://www.mncourts.gov/GetForms.aspx?c=36. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024 Texas has no red flag law – also known as an extreme risk protection order law – that would allow authorities to take weapons from a person thought to be in crisis. Christina Maxouris, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for extreme risk protection order 

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First Known Use

2015, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of extreme risk protection order was in 2015

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“Extreme risk protection order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extreme%20risk%20protection%20order. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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