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Saying he hopes to find “middle ground” on guns, Gov. Ralph Northam said Friday that he’ll push for legislation that would let authorities temporarily take guns away from people who threaten to hurt others or themselves.

At a news conference in Richmond, Northam reiterated his support for several gun control measures, including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban and reinstatement of Virginia’s former one-handgun-a-month law.

Last year, General Assembly Republicans killed most of Northam’s gun proposals shortly after he took office. Many will likely be voted down again in the legislative session that starts next week.

But the legislation for risk protection orders — an idea that gained bipartisan support after last year’s school shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. — will be new for the 2019 session.

“It shouldn’t be a partisan issue to want to make sure that weapons are not in the hands of people who pose a threat,” Northam said.