The idea is, as you eloquently put it, is to make sure that people who are in extreme risk, either to themselves or to their loved ones, have the guns taken away temporarily while the matter is adjudicated.
Garland explains the purpose of extreme risk laws in gun violence prevention.
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These repeated attacks on the Justice Department are unprecedented and they are unfounded.
I will not be intimidated and the Justice Department will not be intimidated.
The obligation of the Justice Department is to protect the American people against violence and threats of violence and that particularly includes public officials.
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