Extreme Risk Protection Orders, or ERPOs, allow a family member, household member, or law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from someone who may be threat to themselves or others.
Killion has introduced the legislation in Pennsylvania and hosted a forum.
"There’s due process to protect the gun owner’s rights, at the same, protect the public," he said.
Or protect the gun owner from his or herself.
Jennifer Lugar, whose husband killed himself with a gun, was on the panel and says if there had been something like ERPO back then she could have possibly saved him.
“If somebody had offered me this resource, I absolutely would have jumped at it because I didn’t know what I was doing and I didn’t know where to go for that help," she said.
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Also on the panel was Starr Cummin Bright, who was shot at random 28 years ago by a man who came into her church and opened fire. The bullet cracked her spine and damaged her spinal cord.
She later learned that man had threatened his sister shortly before he shot her.
"She was given a choice by the police about whether she would prosecute her brother and file charges and have the gun removed or not. And she chose not to file charges so they had to return the gun," Bright said.
She says ERPO would give a family member an option between prosecuting a loved one and doing nothing.
Erin Buchner with Moms Demand Action, says this is not “gun control” legislation.
"We’re not grabbing your guns, we’re trying to save lives," Buchner said.
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