As Americans continue to be divided by a vast chasm on gun-control legislation, laws to temporarily take firearms from people deemed threats are showing rare promise of bipartisan appeal.

A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is pushing to make his state the second in the nation with a GOP-controlled legislature to pass such a measure in recent years, known as a “red flag” law. Rep. Todd Stephens said he was first prompted to look into the idea by a constituent who is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.

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