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What is Red Flag Laws

Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society
A law allowing courts to prevent people who show signs of being a danger to themselves or to others from having access to firearms (as by courts ordering the seizure of weapons; Merriam-Webster, n.d.).
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Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger
Perry L. Lyle (Columbia College of Missouri, USA), Ashraf Esmail (Dillard University, USA), and Lisa Eargle (Francis-Marion University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch004
Abstract
It is the violent ideology Americans cannot ignore. This hate and extremism overwhelming reside in males. Disproportionately committed by males, gun violence, as shown by data, reveals that misogyny can be a precursor to other forms of extremism. Gun violence and particularly mass-shootings have once again seized Americans of all political stripes as the hot-topic debate of the day. American's fascination with gun ownership dates to the roots of independence from the British crown and why colonists insisted that protection to own and possess firearms be woven into the private citizens' constitutional rights. There are an estimated 393 million guns in America, almost one for each citizen but held by approximately 42% of the population. It makes America, per capita, the largest privately-owned gun-toting country in the world. Many of the population surveyed claim to own four or more weapons – hardly necessary for self-defense. This chapter explores mass shootings and misogyny.
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Variation in State-Level Response to School Shootings
Also referred to as extreme risk protection order is a judge order to suspend a license to possess or carry a firearm for persons believed to be a threat to self or others; permits law enforcement to remove access to a person’s firearms.
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