The measures, known as «red flag laws» or extreme risk protection orders, have shown evidence of reducing suicides in Connecticut, where the first such law was passed in 1999, and in recent years have also been passed in California, Washington and Oregon. (nytimes.com)
New York had the first such law in the country and today 18 other states have adopted similar statutes. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Proposition 37, one of 174 ballot issues facing voters next month in 37 states, would be the first such law in the United States. (science.sciencemag.org)