A Montgomery County Republican lawmaker Aug. 5 renewed his call for a law to establish Extreme Risk Protection Orders that would disarm people who are shown to be a danger to themselves and others.

State Rep. Todd Stephens, R-Montgomery, in the immediate wake of the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, shootings, asked House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, and Judiciary Committee Chairman Rob Kauffman, R-Franklin, to take up the measure, known as a “red flag law.”

House Bill 1075 was referred to the Judiciary Committee in April. It would allow judges to hear evidence and issue an order to disarm persons in crisis before they commit acts of violence.