Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTennessee legislature bans local cities and counties from passing their own red flag lawswww.newschannel5.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down12
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkTennessee legislature bans local cities and counties from passing their own red flag lawswww.newschannel5.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months ago (This bill) would prevent Tennessee cities and counties from coming up with their own emergency order of protection laws, or ERPO (aka red flag laws). This is where the term came from (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_traffic_laws). In the US they are most often used to remove guns from a person who is a threat to themselves or others.
This is where the term came from (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_traffic_laws).
In the US they are most often used to remove guns from a person who is a threat to themselves or others.