CBS News: Colorado lawmakers consider another expansion of red flag gun law

A bill expanding who can use Colorado’s red flag gun law passed its first committee Tuesday at the Colorado State Capitol.

According to the Colorado Office of Gun Violence Prevention, between 2020-2024, there were 692 requests for what’s known as an “Extreme Risk Protection Order,” or an ERPO. A total of 478 of those requests resulted in the seizure of a person’s guns for two weeks. Another 371 of them resulted in guns being seized for a year.

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