The current law isn’t that old so my point of reference is only several years old. We never had an issue. Most of the time they gave up their weapons willingly. We call it an ERPO (Extreme Risk Protection Order). The bar is pretty high. A judge has to approve the order. There has to be more than a feeling of unease by someone. Every case I can think of happened along with some sort of hospitalization. It wasn’t a daily occurrence but as the supervisor on the desk I would get Duty to Warn forms from various facilities stating a patient had made threats or appeared to be a danger to themselves or others. I then had to determine what steps needed to be taken. Often it was just a check to make sure no one in the house possessed any firearms.
That is different than a weapons seizure due to a Domestic Violence Restraining Order. The bar is much lower for that. If you are accused of one of the enumerated DV crimes the complainant can apply for a RO. There does not need to be enough probable cause for an arrest. We can not deny the application only a judge can. So a disgruntled ex-spouse can claim that the other spouse called on the phone too much and she feels it’s harassment. Harassment is one of the enumerated crimes under the domestic violence law. A judge can grant a temporary RO using an abundance of caution. You can’t possess or buy guns with a current DV RO. Your weapons get seized because your ex thinks you call her too much. The vast majority of cases are much more serious than that but I have seen that exact scenario before.