Extreme risk protection orders are designed to prevent gun violence. But how do they impact the people subject to them?

October 27, 2026 · 9:30 pm 1 sources

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• Extreme risk protection orders are designed to prevent gun violence. But how do they impact the people subject to them?
  Phys.org · October 27, 2026 21:30
  About 125 people die from gun violence through homicide or suicide in the United States every day. Many more are injured by firearms. Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), known in California as gun violence restraining orders, are designed to keep firearms temporarily away from people at risk…