Application of Florida 'extreme risk' firearm law varies widely across counties, study finds

A Florida law designed to prevent gun violence by temporarily removing firearms from people at risk of harming themselves or others is used unevenly across the state, according to a new study. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, examined nearly four years of data to assess trends in use and variation across counties in the state. A collaboration between the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University, and Johns Hopkins University, the study analyzed more than 8,600 Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO, petitions filed between March 2018 and December 2021 across 65 Florida counties.