TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 19, 2019

State Rep. John DeBerry, D-Memphis, says he plans to reintroduce legislation in 2020 for a red flag law, the Daily Memphian reports. DeBerry sponsored HB 1446 during the 2019 session. That measure would have allowed a court to be petitioned for an “extreme risk protection order” based on clear and convincing evidence a person poses a “significant risk” of injuring himself or others with a firearm. The order could be sought by law enforcement officers or by a person close to the individual with the problem. Last session, the General Assembly passed another gun related bill making it illegal to transfer a gun to anyone who has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective, unless the person’s right to possess guns has been restored. That law went into effect in May.