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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The new red flag law, also called an extreme risk protection order, empowers those working closely with youths and adults -- doctors, mental health professionals and teachers -- to petition a judge to temporarily remove someone's firearm. —

Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023 The new red flag law, also called an extreme risk protection order, empowers those working closely with youth and adults — doctors, mental health professionals and teachers — to petition a judge to temporarily remove someone's firearm. —

CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023 The package aims to establish safe storage laws, universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. —

Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

2015, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

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

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