In 1999, Connecticut pioneered a program of what is called “risk-based, temporary, preemptive gun removal,” authorizing police to temporarily remove guns from individuals when there is “probable cause to believe… that a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to other individuals.” After the Sandy Hook shootings in 2012, the state passed gun laws billed as among the “toughest in the country,” including new bans on assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, and mandatory background checks for all gun sales alongside expanded background checks.4
