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We speak with two legal experts about what role the state's red flag law could have had in keeping guns out of the hands of the Club Q suspect. Colorado's ERPO law, which stands for Extreme Risk Protection Order, means a family member or law enforcement officer can ask a judge to keep someone from having guns. In the case of the alleged Club Q shooter, no such request was made, though it's not clear whether such an order would have prevented the mass shooting.