‘Red Flag’ Law First: Colorado Judge Denies Gun Confiscation For First Time Under Law

In a first under Colorado’s controversial new “red flag” law, a judge has denied a request to confiscate a Colorado resident’s firearms.

Colorado’s hotly contested “Zackari Parrish Violence Prevention Act” — named after a sheriff’s deputy shot in the line of duty by a heavily armed, mentally ill man — went into effect at the start of the new year, and, since, at least four “temporary extreme risk protection orders” (ERPOs) have been filed in the state. All of the requests have been thus far approved, until the latest one, filed in Limon, the most populous city in Lincoln County, Colorado.