New York has what’s known as a 'Red Flag law' that’s supposed to block people thought to be a threat to themselves or others from purchasing weapons.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is investigating how a Conklin teen was allowed to buy an assault rifle nearly a year after he was reported to authorities for previewing a deadly attack to one of his teachers.
Speaking on Buffalo’s Kiss 98.5 Monday morning, Hochul said a teacher had reported 18-year-old Payton Gendron, who is accused of killing ten people at the“What are your plans?” Hochul said the teacher asked Gendron. “He said, ‘I want to murder and commit suicide.’ So they immediately took action.” The remark was reported to State Police, after which Gendron had a psychiatric evaluation but was released because there wasn’t a specific threat at that time, Hochul said.that’s supposed to block people thought to be a threat to themselves or others from purchasing weapons. Yet despite the incident last June, Gendron was able to buy an assault rifle from a vintage firearm seller in Endicott, N.Y., the“I've asked for the investigation of exactly what transpired there,” Hochul said.
Since New York’s Red Flag law went into effect in August of 2019, state court judges have approved 589 "Extreme Risk Protection Orders" that prevent a person from possessing or buying a firearm for some amount of time for up to a year, and 875 temporary orders that last for up to six days, according to data from the New York State Courts.
Police officers, district attorneys, family members or school administrators can file a petition for this type of protective order, but advocates say the law isn’t widely known or used across the state. Last fall, for example, New York
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