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House
Bill 1840 would prohibit possession of a gun by anyone subject to certain restraining
orders, no-contact orders or protection orders if a judge finds that the subject
of the order poses a threat to an intimate partner or the child of an intimate
partner. Those who fall under the finding and already have guns would be
required to surrender them to police.
The Senate committee
added the requirement for both an order and a court finding of a threat to the
version of the bill that earlier passed the House 61-37. The House-passed
version would trigger the gun prohibition in the case of either an order or a
finding of a threat.
A recent
New York Times article looked at how states nationwide deal with gun rights
and restraining orders.
If the amended
bill is approved by the full Senate, it would return to the House, which could
either accept the Senate change or negotiate a version acceptable to both
chambers.
The Senate committee
also approved House Bill
1612 which sets up a statewide data base
to log felony firearms offenders. The data base is designed to aid
law-enforcement officers and would not be available for public viewing. It
earlier passed the House 85-10.
