Red Flag Law

Several prominent Republican leaders are vowing to challenge New York’s new firearms laws in court.

Services that support survivors of domestic violence in Connecticut and the rest of the U.S. will be strengthened because of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law last weekend.

Officially, they’re called "extreme risk protection orders." Most people know them as “red flag laws." And right now in Connecticut and New York, they’re evolving.

On Tuesday, the governor stood outside a police station in suburban Windsor to promote a Connecticut law passed in 1999 and revised in 2012. It allows police to get a risk warrant, a court order allowing the seizure of firearms from individuals deemed an imminent risk to themselves or others.

As a nursing shortage continues across Connecticut, one official at Sacred Heart University is offering a solution.

Officials and advocates said the state’s red flag laws have prevented gun violence, as federal gun legislation could bring them to the rest of the nation.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said he welcomes the bipartisan gun safety agreement in the U.S. Senate. He said he’s glad that Senator Chris Murphy played a major role in the bipartisan agreement.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said he’s making progress in negotiations with his Republican colleagues on gun violence prevention legislation.

Suffolk police have used New York's red flag law more than any county in the state.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut spoke to Americans in a town hall with survivors and advocates against gun violence as the Senate debates gun control laws.