N.Y. State Police Attempt to Get "Red Flag" Gun Ban Order Against 11-Year-Old Girl Was "Legally Frivolous," "Needlessly Risk[ed] Further Injury"

N.Y. State Police Attempt to Get "Red Flag" Gun Ban Order Against 11-Year-Old Girl Was "Legally Frivolous," "Needlessly Risk[ed] Further Injury"

From N.Y. State Police v. K.L., decided by Ulster County (N.Y.) trial court judge Julian Schreibman on Dec. 12: Often referred to as the "Red Flag Law," Article 63-A created ERPOs [Extreme Risk Protection Orders]. Although an ERPO is a "Protection Order," it does not limit where the subject can go or with whom he or she can associate. Rather, an ERPO does one thing: it prohibits the subject from possessing or acquiring firearms for up to one yea…