(CNN) A new Colorado measure allowing a person's firearms to be confiscated without a criminal charge under limited circumstances was invoked just one day after becoming law.

The so-called "red flag" law took effect on New Year's Day, and on January 2, Denver Police formally asked a judge to let them take away two guns from a man involved in a domestic dispute.

The law allows family, household members and law enforcement to petition for a court order to temporarily take guns away from an individual deemed to be at significant risk of hurting themselves or others by having a firearm.

Denver police officers were handling a domestic violence call on December 29 when they discovered the suspect had a loaded Glock pistol in his waistband, according to a filing in Denver Probate Court.

The affidavit says the man threatened to "off himself" and was visibly intoxicated. An officer testified that the man later acknowledged being drunk and said it was a "good thing they stopped me." He voluntarily turned in another handgun in his possession.

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