Yet despite that scare, there's no public record that police or relatives tried to trigger Colorado's "red flag" law. An AP analysis found many U.S. states barely use "red flag" laws that allow ...

What happened next illustrates how state laws can help — or hinder — efforts to prevent mass shootings. Police, invoking California’s red-flag law, were able to immediately issue an ...

North Dakota lawmakers want to ban red flag laws, a tool that advocates of extreme risk protection orders say could help ...

The measure could land on the ballot in November, giving voters a chance to expand who can initiate the process to confiscate guns from those at risk.

Twenty-one states have red flag laws that provide for quick intervention and the ability to temporarily remove weapons when a person is at serious risk of harming themselves or others, according ...