California Counties Filed More than 1,000 'Red Flag' Orders Last Year. Supporters Say That's Not Enough.https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/10/13/california-counties-filed-more-than-1000-red-flag-orders-last-year-supporters-say-thats-not-enough-n1230238?utm_source=badaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=fc85d9fd0a377773055f1925941bbce485d3c69b5dace0c187ab5912dd7d0cd7&lctg=26251812Quote:
It’s been about a decade since gun-violence restraining orders were enabled by California law, but their use is still middling in the state, according to data from the California Department of Justice. That has prompted some of the law’s architects and most prominent backers to make a renewed push to increase awareness both among the public and law enforcement.
“We have example after example where (the orders) have prevented a suicide, a domestic violence shooting or a mass shooting,” Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in an interview. “But there is still room to grow.”
Can Rosen prove that these orders have prevented a single crime from occurring? Of course not. That's one of the issues with ERPO's; there's no way to determine their effectiveness. One widely-cited study that looked at data from four states including California suggests one suicide was prevented for every 17–23 ERPOs, which is in line with another study that found one suicide is prevented for every 22 "red flag" orders.
Which begs the question: if an Extreme Risk Protection Order prevents a suicide less than 5% of the time, what happens in the vast majority of "red flag" orders? Do we know how many of these individuals go on to take their lives by other means, as well as how many were not really at risk of self-harm in the first place?
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