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Michigan's new law resulted in no-gun orders for nearly 300 people

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DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 300 people in Michigan were barred from possessing guns in 2024 under a new law that empowers courts to intervene if there's evidence they could harm themselves or others, according to a report released Wednesday. Michigan joined at least 20 states in passing a so-called red flag law, which allows police, health professionals, family members or roommates to ask local judges to ban someone from possessing guns for a year. Go…

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Bridge Michigan

Michigan ‘red flag’ gun law, year 1: 287 confiscation orders, 84 denials

One year into a Michigan law allowing removal of guns from at-risk individuals, proponents say it’s “working exactly the way we intended.”

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Nearly 300 people in Michigan had guns confiscated in first year of red flag law

Nearly three in every four red flag law requests in Michigan over the last year resulted in the confiscation of guns from an individual believed to be a threat to himself or others, new state data shows. Judges across Michigan granted 287 of the 391 requests for a seizure of weapons during the first full year of implementation of the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, a red flag law that was passed in the wake of the fatal Feb. 13, 2023, shootin…

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