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In his response Monday to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump called for an expansion of state laws that temporarily prevent someone in crisis from buying or
possessing a gun. A flurry of states have recently passed such laws — known as extreme risk protection orders — that allow a court to intervene when someone shows warning signs of impending
violence. Although the laws — also sometimes called “red flag” laws — are widely supported by gun control groups and mental health advocates, others note that the measures alone won’t solve
the nation’s gun violence epidemic. Trump said the shooter in the Parkland, Fla., massacre last year “had many red flags against him, and yet nobody took decisive action; nobody did
anything. … We must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms, and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due
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