For more than a year, we've heard Democrats, and even the Republican Governor, call on lawmakers to consider red flag laws in TN. It came up Wednesday in the House, but not how advocates envisioned.
  • girlfreddy
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    2 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.