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  <title>Hartford Courant: Updated' red flag' law gets flagged used for suicide threats, some chiefs say it's burdensome</title>
  <pubDate>December 8, 2022</pubDate>
  <description>Michael Lawlor, associate professor of criminal justice and author of the Connecticut Red Flag Gun law, says with the number of mass shootings and suicides, more community members are reaching out to p olice using the red flag law if they know someone is struggling with a mental health crisis and has access to a gun.</description>
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  <author>michael-lawlor</author>
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