The data shows the law is gaining traction as the number of filings is on pace to more than double in 2025 – from a total of ...

Gun violence long ago became a fixture in daily news reports in Virginia and across the country. On a single day this month, for example, local readers and TV viewers learned of three shootings in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine has the highest rate of suicide in the Northeast U.S. In 2022, a total ...

Red-flag laws have languished in most statehouses across the U.S., despite bipartisan support and evidence that temporarily removing guns from people who pose an extreme risk of violence to themselves ...

Police in Mankato have filed for more Extreme Risk Protection Orders than any other department in Minnesota since the state’s ...

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous ...

As we mourn the dead and wounded at the school shooting at the church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, we must ask ourselves what could be done. For years, some answered nothing. Suddenly, everyone seems to ...

Thumbs up to law enforcement in the city off Mankato for its proactive and protective use of Minnesota new red flag law that allows guns to be removed from people who are likely to harm themselves or ...

They’ve lost loved ones to suicide and survived the Lewiston mass shooting. On Nov. 4, they’ll weigh whether to pass a new law making it easier to restrict a person’s access to weapons if they pose a ...

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Minnesota's "Red Flag" law, known as an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO), is designed to keep guns out of the hands of ...