2A/DEMS/GOP/GUNS/POLITICS: “Two senators — one Republican and one Democrat who, as one of them said, disagree about ‘90% of the time’ on gun policies — teamed up Thursday [3-8-18] to introduce the latest proposal to address mass shootings: a bill that would allow federal courts to issue gun restraining orders against potentially dangerous people.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut unveiled the ‘Federal Extreme Risk Protection Act,’ which is modeled after existing laws in multiple states that attempt to intervene and disarm people who exhibit warning signs of violent behavior…
Graham and Blumenthal’s bill would allow law enforcement officers and family members of a suspicious individual to file a petition with a federal court requesting a protection order that would prohibit that person from purchasing or possessing a firearm. The individual would get a hearing and can protest the order within 72 hours of it being issued. The protection order could then be held in place for up to 180 days and could be renewed if new evidence is presented.
The bill also includes penalties for anyone who knowingly files false allegations against an individual to have their gun or guns taken away.”
-Ashley Killough, “Graham, Blumenthal unveil their own gun restraining order bill,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 8, 2018 01:35pm