New extreme-risk protection orders issued to reduce gun violence

Johana Kononen, the director of law and policy at the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Johana Kononen, the director of law and policy at the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.

LANSING

The State Police have 190 extreme- risk protection orders currently in force to protect victims of abuse and violence under a new law that allows law enforcement officers to temporarily seize firearms from people who may be a danger to themselves or others.

The extreme-risk orders are intended to avert suicides, mass shootings and attacks on family and household members. They may protect not…