Red-Flag Laws Extreme Risk Protection Needed

RADIO GAG - The Gays Against Guns Show

RED-FLAG LAWS – Extreme-Risk Protection October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, host Libby Edwards explores how red-flag laws can help protect individuals who are under immediate threat of gun violence. Our guest, Tom Verni, a retired NYPD detective with over 27 years in law enforcement and former city-wide LGBTQ+ liaison in NYC, will discuss the red-flag law and how extreme-risk protection orders can be used to stop firearms deaths in cases of domestic violence. We will also review Manuel Oliver’s one-man show, "GUAC", now playing at the Public Theater, and "Trickled Down Decadence: Screams for Hope,” an exhibition where the artists address gun violence at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Jamaica, Queens, NYC. In Remembrance of Ellie Claire Young, 22 years old, 10/19/24, Memphis, Tennessee. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 800-799-7233. Other resources: --New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Hotline NYS: 1 [phone] Hotline NYC: 1 [phone] --The National Domestic Violence Hotline. 800/799-SAFE (7233). Their site is full of information that helps people understand and recognize domestic abuse. Also, through their website, thehotline.org, you can connect by untraceable internet, chat and text, as well as locate resources available in your state. --Additional resources are available from everytownsupportfund.org. --In NYC, the organization W.A.R.M. (weallreallymatter.org) provides support and shelter. Their crisis hotlines are: 917-736-1046, 917-736-0680 and 917-736-1621. --NYC Anti-Violence Project: --AVP.org/get-help Hotline: [phone]. AVP also has walk-in appointments from 1-4 pm, Monday through Thursday at 116 Nassau Street, 3rd Fl. --Additional sites with that provide excellent articles to further the understand the subject of domestic/intimate-partner violence. https://vawnet.org/ https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/domestic-violence/ https://www.thehotline.org/resources/get-help-50-obstacles-to-leaving/ https://www.safehorizon.org/