Blumenthal to Hold Hearing on Extreme Risk Protection Orders / "Red Flag" Laws

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will convene a hearing on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 2:30 PM titled “Stop Gun Violence: Extreme Risk Order / “Red Flag” Laws.”

“This first hearing in our series is focusing on laws that have bipartisan support in the American public, bipartisan support in state legislatures, and even bipartisan support in Congress,” Blumenthal said. “Extreme Risk Protection Orders, also known as ‘red flag’ laws, save lives – period.”

The hearing will include testimony from:

• Joshua Horwitz, Executive Director for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
• Kimberly Wyatt, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Vic Bencomo, President of the Giffords Gun Owners for Safety Coalition – Colorado Chapter
• David Kopel, Research Director of the Independence Institute; Adjunct Scholar with the Cato Institute; Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• Nikki Goeser, Executive Director for the Crime Prevention Research Center

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