SUPPORTERS OF NEW BILL HOPE IT WILL PREVENT SUICIDE
We are hearing from supporters who say a new bill could help curb suicide in our state.
House Bill 1436 says if you present a significant danger to yourself or others, your family or law enforcement can ask a judge to issue an extreme risk protection order. That would allow an officer to go to your home and take your guns away for seven days.
The head of the group ‘Mental Health Colorado’ said they hope this will help prevent suicide.
“To me this is not about gun control, it’s about suicide prevention, and that’s a cause a lot of Coloradans care about because we’re losing about 1,100 people in this state each year to suicide — more than half of them from a firearm,” said Andrew Romanoff, President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado.
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