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Published
March 24, 2024

Washington County lagging behind rest of Maine in use of yellow flag law

A compilation of data by The Maine Monitor found that the county has filed just a single yellow flag order since the law passed nearly 4 years ago.
Published
March 21, 2024

Divided committee supports study of program to voluntarily waive gun rights

The Legislature's Judiciary Committee tabled three other gun-related bills during a work session Thursday and will take them up again at a later date.
Published
March 17, 2024

Our View: Sharpened focus on mental health will improve gun laws

Testimony before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee last week rightly focused the superiority of the red flag law and the imperative to reduce the state suicide rate.
Published
March 10, 2024

Four months after Lewiston mass shooting, pressure builds for long-sought gun safety reforms

But Maine defenders of traditional gun rights also turned out in force at last week's hearings, and it's unclear if the support to enact changes will be sustained.
Published
March 9, 2024

A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the U.S.

Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.

Published
March 8, 2024

Spending bill would ease access to guns for some veterans declared mentally incapable

Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days
Published
March 7, 2024

Physicians, gun owners, activists pack Maine State House for hearing on gun reform

Dozens of people testified for and against a pair of bills that include expanding background check requirements to advertised private firearms sales and a 72-hour waiting period on purchases.
Published
March 5, 2024

Democrats launch push to pass gun safety bills in response to Lewiston shooting

Public hearings begin on gun safety bills that would ban bump stocks, institute a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and expand background checks to advertised private sales.
Published
March 4, 2024

Lewiston survivors implore commission to prevent another mass shooting

More than a dozen survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shooting testified Monday, recalling the trauma of that night and asking the commission to prevent it from happening again.
Published
January 30, 2024

Gov. Mills proposes expanding background checks, strengthening gun laws after Lewiston mass shooting

The governor used her State of the State address to call for measures 'true to our culture,' including a more robust yellow flag law and creating a felony for people who sell firearms to those prohibited from having them.

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