Santa Clara County is state leader in using red-flag law to seize guns

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Gun violence restraining orders allow authorities to temporarily confiscate firearms, pending a court hearing, from people who have exhibited threatening behavior.

According to report issued last week by the California Department of Justice’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the county obtained 645 gun violence restraining orders in 2023, overtaking San Diego County, which tallied 503.

Such a restraining order must be reviewed by a judge within 21 days, at which point it can be extended, renewed or lifted. San Diego County has been the only other county to institutionalize its use early on, and filed 2,490 total orders between 2016 and 2023, compared to 1,481 during the same time period in Santa Clara County, which has about half the population of its Southern California counterpart.Man to stand trial for murder of missing Capitola woman found buried in East Bay park

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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