Ige signs 'red flag' gun bill

Gov. David Ige has approved a new law that enables family members, co-workers or police to obtain court orders blocking access to firearms for people who show signs they could pose a danger to themselves or others.

When Ige signed Senate Bill 1466 into law as Act 150 on Wednesday, Hawaii joined 16 other states and the District of Columbia that have enacted so-called extreme risk laws, also known as “red flag” laws.

The organization Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which lobbied Hawaii lawmakers this year to pass the legislation, described red flag laws as part of a national “sea change on gun safety.”

Senate Judiciary Chairman Karl Rhoads, a key sponsor of the bill, said the measure tries to deal with the problem of people who are law-abiding and mentally stable when they purchase firearms but later develop personal or psychiatric problems “that cause them to go on these horrible rampages that we read about.”

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