Records released this week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirm they had several contacts in recent years with the 27-year-old man who drove to New York and killed four people on July 28. The records show he was known to suffer from mental illness, had been the subject of two emergency psychiatric evaluations, and yet was still allowed to buy firearms legally — including the AR-15-style rifle used in New York. Dr. April Zeoli spoke with NPR about what Extreme Risk Protection Order laws look like from state to state and how to evaluate if they are working as intended.
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