Over the course of 2018, 74 petitions were filed to the Oregon Judicial Department requesting an “extreme risk protection order,” a judicial order designed to seize the firearms of people found to demonstrate “clear and convincing” evidence of shooting themselves or someone else. Oregon passed the law creating these orders in 2017, which allows family and household members, employers, and law enforcement to file petitions requesting the court’s permission to seize any weapons they have. If granted, the gun owner in question has 24 hours to surrender all firearms to either law enforcement or a qualified third party, or face physical intervention by police. The order lasts for a year, but judges can extend the order indefinitely if necessary. Out of all 74 petitions in 2018, about two-thirds were filed by law enforcement, one-third by family or household members, and one petition filed by an employer.