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The Red Flag Law would legally allow a person’s access to weapons to be restricted, and currently, neither Maine nor Ohio has this law in place.
Michael Benza, a professor at Case Western, said this law is often directed at people with mental health conditions. “Our concern is what happens in terms of due process; we don’t want to see a law like this utilized as revenge when someone is going through a nasty divorce or nasty business dispute,” Sexton said.
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