Red Flag Law

The day after a gunman killed 10 people at a Boulder, Colo., grocery store, gun law experts testified in front of the Senate about the pros and cons of instituting stricter gun laws including extreme risk protection orders, also known as “red flag laws.”

A proposal to expand Connecticut’s gun seizure law to allow relatives and medical professionals to ask judges to order people’s guns to be taken away from them drew spirited testimony by supporters and opponents before a legislative committee Friday. Connecticut’s 1999 “red flag” law was the first in the country to allow judges to order someone’s guns seized upon...

Some Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for an expansion of a red flag law that allows people to petition police to confiscate guns from someone who may be a threat to themselves or others.