Since Sandy Hook, a lot of people are saying, `Is there somebody in our lives who has guns and behavioral issues? said Michael P. Lawlor, undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in the state Office of Policy and Management. I think people are more likely to make the call now. This is a legal mechanism for a judge to issue a search-and-seizure order where no crime is committed, usually within a few hours of a complaint. The law allowing friends and neighbors to start gun-seizure proceedings in state courts dates to 1999, but following mass shootings in Arizona, Colorado and Newtown, more people who see something, say something, said Dr. Michael A. Norko, director of forensic services for the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service. The first year the law was enacted, Judicial Branch records show, 10 seizure warrants were issued statewide. Ten years later, in 2009, there were 64. By 2013, the year after the Newtown shootings, there were 183, and as of Oct. 30 of this year, there were 146. newstimes/local/article/More-guns-seized-by-state-since-Sandy-Hook-5948436.php
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:21:07 +0000
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