Dolores County and at least 36 other counties declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.” But 2 years later, petitions for protection orders have been filed in 20 of the 37 sanctuary counties, often by the very sheriffs who had denounced the law,
“I hope there will be some improvement in awareness and education, both for the public and also for law enforcement,” she said, “making it easier for people to understand how they work and when you might want to get one and how you would do that.”
Reams describes the law as “shallow” and doing nothing to address the mental issues that might contribute to violence. “Our goal is to address the person and try to figure out how to get the person the help they need,” he said. “We documented the rare few cases of people misusing the law, but those petitions were not allowed,” said Betz, the Colorado epidemiologist. “That shows that the system worked.”
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