Extreme Risk Protection Orders, AKA ERPO. Pushed by President Trump, March 2018. What happened?
President Trump’s Administration is calling on every State to adopt Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs).
President Trump’s Administration is calling on every State to adopt Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs).
- The President is directing the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to States, at their request, on establishing and implementing ERPOs.
- ERPOs allow law enforcement, with approval from a court, to remove firearms from individuals who are a demonstrated threat to themselves or others and temporarily to prevent individuals from purchasing new firearms.
- ERPOs should be carefully tailored to ensure the due process rights of law-abiding citizens are protected.