Threat of violence toward an intimate partner — current or former — or a family member account for nearly a third of the permanent restraining orders, which can separate someone from their guns for five years
For nearly five years, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office has embraced the use of gun violence restraining orders, which allow authorities to temporarily seize guns from people who pose a credible threat of violence.Gun violence restraining orders, approved by judges, are intended to be crisis intervention. They require a person to surrender or sell their firearms, and bars them from having guns or ammunition for the duration of the order. They are handled in civil court, not criminal court.
By the middle of last month, Elliott’s office had obtained a total of 1,011 orders over the course of nearly five years. The orders start out as temporary, until a judge can hear from the person who had their weapons removed and evaluate the evidence. In the last five years, 22 cases involved a threat to a coworker, and 15 involved a threat to a school. And 73 cases involved a threat to a stranger.
As of October, about 85 cases were still pending a hearing for a judge to determine whether to make the order permanent.
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