North Carolina Democratic legislators say creating a legal method by which someone found to be an imminent threat to hurt themselves or others would have to surrender their guns temporarily is a common-sense way to prevent mass shootings and suicides.

Several lawmakers and gun-control advocates visiting the Legislative Building promoted legislation Tuesday that would allow a District Court judge to issue “extreme risk protection orders.”

A family member or law enforcement agency could seek the order against someone. A judge could initially issue an order for 10 days, then expand it up to one year after hearing additional evidence.

A House committee studying school safety following a Florida school shooting in February that left 17 dead didn’t recommend the idea. Republicans have been cool to this and other gun-related proposals.