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Iosco County News-Herald: Suicide prevention advocates emphasize importance of Michigan’s red-flag law, mental health orgs
Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO, law, which allows a person’s firearms to be temporarily removed from their possession in the case of a mental health crisis, was a point of focus for the 10th Annual Suicide Prevention Education Summit, hosted last week by Kevin’s Song, a Michigan charity aiming to grow awareness on the causes of suicide, as well as the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan.
She noted that, of the 22 states that currently have some kind of red flag law on the books, many put those laws into place after a mass shooting, like that at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida or at Oxford High School in Michigan. Despite that, these laws are often used to prevent firearms being used in suicides as opposed to homicides or mass shootings.